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ISO 639-3 · rslrsl
unclassified · sign language

Russian Sign Language

Russian Sign Language is a sign language, spoken in Russia. Wikidata counts about 120,000 speakers (2010). Wikidata describes it as “sign language of the deaf community in Russia”.

5 · Developing120,000
At a glance
ISO 639-3
rsl
Glottocode
russ1255
Family
unclassified
Wikipedia
19 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
—levels in the tree
5EGIDS level

Facts

NameRussian Sign Language
Also calledRusskii Zhestovyi Yazyk, Russkij Žestovyj Âzyk, RSL
All speakers120,000 (2010)
Kindsign language

Vitality

EGIDS 5 Developing5

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

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