@incollection{460304,
  address    = {Leiden},
  author     = {Bernadet Hendriks and Ulrike Zeshan},
  booktitle  = {Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics},
  editor     = {Versteegh, Kees},
  pages      = {222-235},
  publisher  = {E.~J.~Brill},
  title      = {Sign Languages},
  volume     = {4},
  year       = {2009},
  bestfn     = {eurasia\hendriks-zeshan_sign-arabic2009_o.pdf},
  besttxt    = {ptxt2\eurasia\hendriks-zeshan_sign-arabic2009_o.txt},
  cfn        = {eurasia\hendriks-zeshan_sign-arabic2009.pdf},
  delivered  = {eurasia\hendriks-zeshan_sign-arabic2009.pdf},
  fn         = {eurasia\hendriks-zeshan_sign-arabic2009_o.pdf, eurasia\hendriks-zeshan_sign-arabic2009.pdf, eurasia\hendriks-zeshan_sign-arabic2009v2.pdf},
  hhtype     = {overview},
  inlg       = {English [eng]},
  lgcode     = {Lebanon-Palestine-Syria-Jordan could be called Levantine Arabic Sign Language = Levantine Arabic Sign Language [jos], Iraqi Sign Language is closely related to this language [NOCODE_Iraqi-Sign], The sign languages of the Gulf seem to be influenced by Egyptian Sign Language because many teachers of the deaf there are Egyptian but their roots are closer to the sign language of the Levant area, Around 50 percent of the vocabulary of Yemeni Sign Language is similar to that of the Levant even though it's clearly influenced by Egyptian Sign Language [NOCODE_Yemeni-Sign], Egyptian Sign Language itself is quite distinct from the sign languages in the Levant though still related = Egypt Sign Language [esl], Turkish Sign Language is clearly a separate language, and so is Israeli Sign Language},
  macro_area = {Africa, Eurasia},
  src        = {hh}
}