Ukrainian Sign Language

українська жестова мова

Ukrainian Sign Language is a sign language, spoken in Ukraine. Wikidata counts about 219,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “sign language used in Ukraine”.

6a · Vigorous219,000

Wikidata record Glottolog

At a glance

ISO 639-3: ukl
Glottocode: ukra1235
Family: unclassified
EGIDS: 6a Vigorous
Wikipedia: 13 language editions

—first-language speakers

—second-language speakers

1countries

—scripts

—levels in the tree

6aEGIDS level

Facts

Name	Ukrainian Sign Language · українська жестова мова
Also called	USL, UZhM, Ukrayinska Zhestova Mova
All speakers	219,000
Kind	sign language

Vitality

EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a

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

Other languages at this level

where it is spoken

Countries

Ukraine23 languages in the index

Also spoken in Ukraine

azeAzerbaijaniTurkic · 35 mSafe ukrUkrainianIndo-European · 34.7 m1 · National ronRomanianIndo-European · 24.3 m1 · National kazKazakhTurkic · 13.2 m1 · National hunHungarianUralic · 12.6 m1 · National bulBulgarianIndo-European · 9 m1 · National belBelarusianIndo-European · 7.9 m1 · National hyeArmenianIndo-European · 6.7 m1 · National slkSlovakunclassified · 6 m1 · National molMoldovanIndo-European · 2 m