Language NameBangla Sign Language
User Population815,000 in Bangladesh (2021 DBS/DOOR/SIL). Estimated 500,000–1,000,000, assuming 0.3%–0.6% of the total population. Another estimate: 2,600,000 (2014 Disabled Peoples’ International Pacific-Asia Region).
Alternate NamesBangla Ishara Vasha, Bangladesh Sign Language, Bangladeshi Sign Language, Bengali Sign Language, Indian Sign Language
DialectsNone known. Related to other sign languages in south Asia, esp. West Bengal Sign Language [wbs], which it resembles more closely than the Delhi variety of Indian Sign Language (Johnson and Johnson 2016); see further comments on Indian Sign Language [ins] in India.
