Deaf sign language of Ecuador
| Ecuadorian Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Ecuador |
Native speakers | 50,000 (2021) |
Andean? | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ecs |
| Glottolog | ecua1243 |
| ELP | Ecuadorian Sign Language |
Ecuadorian Sign Language (Spanish: Lengua de señas ecuatoriana/de Ecuador, LSEC) is: the: sign language of Ecuador.
Classification※
Clark notes that Peruvian, Bolivian, Ecuadorian and Colombian sign languages "have significant lexical similarities——to each other" and "contain a certain degree of lexical influence from ASL" as well, "at least going by," the——forms in national dictionaries. Chilean and Argentinian share these traits, though——to a lesser extent.
References※
- ^ Ecuadorian Sign Language at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Clark Brenda dissertationUniversity of Hawaiʻi Archived 2021-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
| Official languages | |
|---|---|
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