French Belgian Sign Language

Summary

The French Belgian Sign Language (French: Langue des signes de Belgique francophone; LSFB) is the deaf sign language of the French language Community of Belgium, a country in Western Europe. It and Flemish Sign Language are very closely related (and distantly if at all related to French Sign Language), but generally regarded today as distinct languages.[2]

French Belgian Sign Language
Langue des signes de Belgique francophone (LSFB)
Native toFrench Community of Belgium
Native speakers
4,000 (2014)[1]
French Sign?
  • Belgian Sign Language
    • French Belgian Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3sfb
Glottologlang1248

Legal recognition edit

By decree of 22 October 2003, the Parliament of the French Community recognised the Sign Language of French-speaking Belgium.[3]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ French Belgian Sign Language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ ISO 639-3. "Change Request Documentation: 2006-001". ISO 639-3. SIL International. Retrieved 2 February 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Décret relatif à la reconnaissance de la langue des signes

External links edit

  • www.lsfb.be – Langue des signes de Belgique francophone
  • www.cfls.be – Centre Francophone de la Langue des Signes
  • www.sourdlang.be – dictionary