Did you know Uruguayan Sign Language is threatened?

ALSO KNOWN AS		Lengua de Señas Uruguaya, LSU
CLASSIFICATION		Sign Language, South American
ORTHOGRAPHY		"Manual alphabet for spelling"
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		ugy
DOWNLOAD		As csv
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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th Edition (2013)” . Paul M. Lewis; Gary F. Simons; and Charles D. Fennig · Dallas, Texas: SIL International

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
7,000
Native speakers worldwide

MORE ON VITALITY

Ethnologue (2013) lists he vitality of Uruguayan Sign Language as: 5 (Developing).

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

"Used since 1910 in schools. Interpreters required in court. Instruction for parents of deaf children. Committee on national sign language, and an organization for sign language teachers."

Scripts (Writing system)

"Manual alphabet for spelling"

No estimate available
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Uruguay

17th	2013	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th Edition (2013)	Paul M. Lewis; Gary F. Simons; and Charles D. Fennig	Dallas, Texas: SIL International		http://www.ethnologue.com Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th Edition (2013)	Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.), 2013. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.		7,000	1000-9999	"Used since 1910 in schools. Interpreters required in court. Instruction for parents of deaf children. Committee on national sign language, and an organization for sign language teachers."	Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	Ethnologue (2013) lists he vitality of Uruguayan Sign Language as: 5 (Developing).
		Glottolog				http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/	"Glottolog." Online: http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/.								-34.60, -56.45
16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)	M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/	Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	No estimate available					Uruguay

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