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ISO 639-3 · tzatza
unclassified · sign language
Tanzanian Sign Language
Tanzanian Sign Language is a sign language, spoken in Tanzania. Wikidata counts about 278,000 speakers (2008). Wikidata describes it as “sign languages developed in Tanzania”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
tza- Glottocode
tanz1238- Family
- unclassified
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Centre point
- -6.00, 35.00
- Wikipedia
- 9 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
—levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Tanzanian Sign Language |
|---|---|
| Also called | Tanzanian sign languages, TSL, LAT |
| All speakers | 278,000 (2008) |
| Kind | sign language |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelwhere it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Tanzania
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalaraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafeswhKiswahiliNiger–Congo · 98.3 m1 · NationalswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mrunKirundiNiger–Congo · 8.8 m1 · NationalvmwMakhuwaNiger–Congo · 7.4 m5 · DevelopingtumTumbukaNiger–Congo · 7 m4 · EducationalsukSukumaNiger–Congo · 5.4 m5 · DevelopingayhHadhrami ArabicAfroasiatic · 4.5 m6a · VigorousluoDholuoNilo-Saharan · 3 m5 · Developing