Tunisian Sign Language 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 ...
used by deaf people in
Tunisia
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, capital = Tunis
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. It derives from
Italian Sign Language, mixed with
indigenous sign A village sign language, or village sign, also known as a shared sign language, is a local indigenous sign language used by both deaf and hearing in an area with a high incidence of congenital deafness. Meir ''et al.'' define a village sign languag ...
.
It is not clear how the language of the
Burj as-Salh Burj ( ar, برج, ''tower'', derived from either Middle Persian "burg" or Greek loan-word "pyrgos") may refer to:
Places India
*Burj Kaila, a village in Jalandhar district, Punjab, India
*Burj Pukhta, a village in Jalandhar district, Punjab, Indi ...
deaf village relates to indigenous sign and TSL.
References
French Sign Language family
Languages of Tunisia
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