Algerian Jewish Sign Language

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Language NameAlgerian Jewish Sign Language

User Population

Unknown number in France, very few in Israel, none in Algeria (Lanesman and Meir 2012).

Location

Scattered.

Alternate Names

AJSL, Ghardaia Sign Language

Dialects

None known. No language is known to be linguistically close, as AJSL arose in an isolated community (Lanesman and Meir 2012).

Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

Language Use

Usage of AJSL in France is unknown (Lanesman and Meir 2012).

Other Comments

Non-indigenous. Jewish immigrants from Algeria to Israel and France. The last Jews left Algeria in 1962.