Portuguese Sign Language
| Portuguese Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| LGP,Língua gestual portuguesa | |
| Native to | Portugal |
Native speakers | 60,000 (2014)[1] |
Swedish Sign
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | psr |
| Glottolog | port1277 |
| ELP | Portuguese Sign Language |
Portuguese Sign language(Portuguese:Língua gestual portuguesa) is asign languageused mainly bydeaf peopleinPortugal.
It is recognized in the presentConstitution of Portugal.[2]It was significantly influenced bySwedish Sign Language,through aschool for the Deafthat was established in Lisbon by Swedish educatorPär Aron Borg.[3][4]
Portuguese Sign is the basis ofCape Verdian Sign,[5]it has also slightly influencedGuinea-Bissau Sign[6]and some reports have said thatSão Tomé and Príncipe Sign Languagehas considerable mutual intelligibility with Portuguese Sign.[7]
It is also reported that Portuguese Sign has been also used inAngola.[8]
History[edit]
The Portuguese Sign Language has its origins from the Swedish Sign Language (LGS), as in the 19th century, the king called to Portugal Pär Aron Borg, a Swede who had founded an institute for the education of the deaf in Sweden. In 1823, the first school for the deaf was made in Portugal.[9]Although many signs were transported from Swedish Sign to Portuguese sign, thus sharing a common root, it has evolved autonomously and become very distinct from the sign language used in Sweden.[10]
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^Portuguese Sign LanguageatEthnologue(18th ed., 2015)(subscription required)
- ^Constitution of Portugal,Article 71 and 74
- ^Lucas, Ceil(2001).The Sociolinguistics of Sign Languages.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 29.ISBN9780521794749.Retrieved26 November2017.
- ^Prawitz, J."Pär Aron Borg - Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon".Svenskt biografiskt lexikon(in Swedish).Retrieved2022-03-16.
- ^"Cape Verde".African Sign Languages Resource Center.Retrieved2024-05-13.
- ^"República da Guiné-Bissau (Republic of Guinea-Bissau)".African Sign Languages Resource Center.Retrieved2024-05-13.
- ^"Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe".African Sign Languages Resource Center.Retrieved2024-05-13.
- ^"Angola".African Sign Languages Resource Center.Retrieved2024-05-14.
- ^Pinto, Mariana Correia (2017-11-14)."O que todos devíamos saber sobre língua gestual (em dez pontos)".PÚBLICO(in Portuguese).Retrieved2024-05-13.
- ^Ayres, Marcelo (2023-11-28)."A evolução da língua gestual portuguesa".Vozes(in Brazilian Portuguese).Retrieved2024-05-14.
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