Also Known As:
Langage Gestuelle, Langue des Signes Suisse romande, LSF-SR
Dialects & Varieties
- Geneva
- Lausanne
- Neuchatel
- Fribourg
- Sion
Recent Resources
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Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,700
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 4
Less than half of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing at an accelerated pace.
4
Transmission
Transmission 2
Most adults in the community are speakers, but children generally are not.
2
Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Transmission of sign languages in Northern Europe
Bibliography of Locations:
"Glottolog." Online: http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/.
Bibliography of Context:
Transmission of sign languages in Northern Europe