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Video to promote better access to museums for disabled people with Mexican sign language. Mexican Sign Language (Spanish: Lengua de señas mexicana, LSM; also previously known by several other names), is a natural language that serves as the predominant language of the Deaf community in Mexico.
Spanish Sign Language (Spanish: Lengua de Signos Española, LSE) is a sign language used mainly by deaf people in Spain and the people who live with them. Although there are not many reliable statistics, it is estimated that there are over 100,000 speakers, 20-30% of whom use it as a second language.
The first known references to a Deaf community which used a sign language in Venezuela date from the 1930s. In 1935, the first school for children who are deaf or hard of hearing, the Instituto Venezolano de Ciegos y Sordomudos (Venezuelan Blind and Deaf Institute), was founded in Caracas. That school served as the cradle for a small community ...
Colombian sign language software available in : "Lengua de Señas Colombianas (software)". División de Investigación ITEC–TELECOM Colombia. Videos of common words available in : "Lengua de señas – Un lenguaje para conocer (Sign Language – A language to know)". Archived from the original on 2008-07-25.
The more complex sign language is now known as Idioma de Señas de Nicaragua (ISN). From the beginning of her research until Nicaraguan Sign Language was well established, Kegl carefully avoided introducing the sign languages that she knew, in particular American Sign Language, to the deaf community in Nicaragua. [4]
Chilean Sign Language (Spanish: Lengua de señas chilena, LSCh) is the sign language of Chile's seven deaf institutions. It is used by people all over Chile and is the primary language used by the deaf community, being used for television interpretations.
Cuban Sign Language, (Spanish: Lengua de señas cubana, LSC) is the language used by the Deaf community in Cuba. There are approximately 19,000 users of the language. [3] Cuban Sign Language is an important part of the culture of the Deaf community in Cuba. [4]
Se reconoce oficialmente la Lengua de señas de Guatemala, de aquí en adelante LENSEGUA, como primera lengua y medio de comunicación de las personas sordas en todo el territorio nacional. La lengua de señas de Guatemala y otras lenguas de señas, de acuerdo con la Convención Sobre los Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad, es el ...