Uruguayan Sign Language

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A language of Uruguay

ISO 639-3
ugy
Alternate Names
LSU, Lengua de Señas Uruguaya
User Population

7,000 (Belloso 2009). Approximately 0.2% of total population.

Location

Scattered.

Language Status

5 (Developing). Recognized language (2001, Law no. 17.378).

Classification
Sign language, Deaf community sign language
Typology

Finger-spelling system.

Language Use

Used in schools since 1910. Interpreters required in court. Instruction for parents of deaf children. Committee on national sign language, and an organization for sign language teachers. Used by all. Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 50% in Spanish [spa]. TV. Videos. Dictionary. Agencies: Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo de la Persona Sorda (CINDE); Asociación de Sordos del Uruguay (ASUR).

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Uruguayan Sign Language