Portuguese Sign language () 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 l ...
used mainly by
deaf people in
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, In recognized minority languages of Portugal:
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.
It is recognized in the present
Constitution of Portugal. It was significantly influenced by
Swedish Sign Language, through a
school for the Deaf that was established in Lisbon by Swedish educator
Pär Aron Borg.
See also
*
Portuguese manual alphabet
References
External links
Swedish Sign Language family
Languages of Portugal
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