Algerian Sign Language (French: ''Langue des signes algérienne (LSA)'', Tamazight: ''Tutlayt Tagugamt n Lezzayer'', Arabic: لغة الإشارة الجزائرية
) is the
sign language
Sign languages (also known as signed languages) are languages that use the visual-manual modality to convey meaning, instead of spoken words. Sign languages are expressed through manual articulation in combination with non-manual markers. Sign l ...
most commonly used in
Algeria
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. It was officially recognized by the Algerian law on the protection and promotion of persons with a disability enacted on May 8, 2002.
It has influenced the deaf community in
Oujda in northern
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria t ...
.
[ at ''Ethnologue'']
References
Arab sign languages
French Sign Language family
Languages of Algeria
Languages of Morocco
Disability in Algeria
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