French Sign Language family

The French sign languages ​​are a sign language family, which influenced most sign languages ​​of the world. It has its origins in the developed in the 17th century old French sign language.

Classification

Henri Wittmann in 1991 prepared on the basis of 1979 conducted by Anderson and Peterson researches following classification of French sign languages:

• Kosovar sign language
• Croatian Sign Language
• Macedonian sign language
• Slovenian sign language

• Bolivian Sign Language
• Pigdin - hawaiienesische sign language
• Inuit Sign Language
• Kenyan Sign Language
• Malagasysche sign language
• Quebec Sign Language
• Chadian Sign Language
• Zimbabwean sign language

• Finnish Sign Language
• Finnish - Swedish sign language
• Swedish Sign Language ( uncertain)

• Libyische sign language
• Tunisian Sign Language
• Ethiopian Sign Language

• Swiss German Sign Language
• Swiss French Sign Language
• Italian Swiss sign language