Laotian sign languages

{{Short description|Deaf sign languages used in Laos}} {{Infobox language |name=Laotian sign languages |states=[[Laos]] |region=Scattered |speakers=36,000 |date=2021 |ref=e25 |familycolor = sign language |family=[[Deaf-community sign language]]s |iso3=lso |glotto=spurious |glotto2=laos1235 |glottorefname2=Laos Sign Language }}

There are an unknown number of indigenous [[deaf sign language]]s in [[Laos]], which may have [[History|historical]] connections with the languages indigenous to [[Vietnam]] and [[Thailand]], though it is not known if they are related to each other. There is no single "Laotian Sign Language". Sign languages in use in Laos include [[French Sign Language]], [[American Sign Language]], [[Thai Sign Language]], Lao Sign Language (derived from FSL), and [[Home sign]].

==See also== * [[Thai Sign Language]] * [[Vietnamese sign languages]]

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==Further reading== * Woodward, James (2000). ''Sign languages and sign language families in Thailand and Viet Nam,'' in [[Karen Emmorey|Emmorey, Karen]], and Harlan Lane, eds., The signs of language revisited : an anthology to honor Ursula Bellugi and Edward Klima. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum, p. 23-47 * [http://laodeafunit.blogspot.com/p/learn-lao-sign-language.html Lao Deaf Unit] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20150518102211/http://www.laodeaf.org/?page_id=25 Association for the Deaf (AFD)] * [https://www.bigbrothermouse.com/laos/lao_sign_language.html A webpage on the Lao Sign Language] by [[Big Brother Mouse]]

[[Category:Sign language isolates]] [[Category:Language isolates of Asia]] [[Category:Languages of Laos]]