Sign Language: Latvian Sign Language

Subclassification references
Comments on subclassification

Low lexicostatistical percentages to other Eastern European sign languages and ASL in J. Albert Bickford (2005): 40-41 suggest it is independent but the table notably does not include Swedish and/or Finnish sign languages. Shaina Mahoney (2018) is a detailed comparison of Latvian and Estonian Sign but inconclusive regarding a special relationship between the two (since no other languages are included).

AES status:
not endangered
Source:
David M. Eberhard and Gary F. Simons and Charles D. Fennig 2024
Comment:
Latvian Sign Language (lsl-lsl) = 5 (Developing). Recognized language (1999, Official Language Law, Section 3(3), 1999-09-12), Ensures development and use for communication with people of impaired hearing.
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