Valencian Sign Language ( ca-valencia, Llengua de signes valenciana ), or LSV,
[Also abbreviated as LSCV (for ''Llengua de signes de la Comunitat Valenciana'') and LSPV (for ''Llengua de signes del País Valencià'')] is a
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 ...
used by deaf people in the
Valencian Community
The Valencian Community ( ca-valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, es, Comunidad Valenciana) is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish autonomous community after Andalusia, Catalonia and the Community of Madrid wi ...
,
Spain
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, national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
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. It is closely related to
Catalan Sign Language
Catalan Sign Language ( ca, Llengua de signes catalana, LSC; ) is a sign language used by around 18,000 people in different areas of Spain including Barcelona and Catalonia. As of 2012, the Catalan Federation for the Deaf estimates 25,000 LSC ...
(LSC); they are variously described as similar languages or as dialects of a single language.
Valencia was the first Spanish
autonomous community
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ca, comunitat autònoma
gl, comunidade autónoma
oc, comunautat autonòma
an, comunidat autonoma
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to support the use of sign language in the Statute of Autonomy, but does not specify which sign language is to be used. The use of LSV in Valencia has, however, diminished and is restricted to administrative communications and occasional usage in the media.
Learning LSV
* "''¡A Signar!''", Interactive CD-RO
FESORD. València 1999. .
References
* "''Sígname": para aprender Lengua de Signos en la Comunidad Valenciana.'', FESORD. Basic, medium and high levels. Valencia 2000. Several authors. .
"Spanish Sign Languages Survey" Steven Parkhurst and Dianne Parkhurst. SIL International, 2006. Before published in Spanish in 2001 as ''Un estudio lingüístico: Variación de las lenguas de signos en España'', in the ''Revista Española de Lingüística de Lengua de Signos'' (RELLS), as a study from the ''Promotora Española de Lingüística'' (PROEL).
* "Lexical Comparisons of Signed Languages and the Effects of Iconicity," Steven Parkhurst. ''Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, vol. 47 (2003)''
SIL International
* "''Signolingüística''", FESORD. Valencia 1999. Several authors. .
External links
FESORD CV (''Federació de Persones Sordes de la Comunitat Valenciana'') from ''Promotora Española de Lingüística'' (PROEL).
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