Armenian Sign Language
{{Short description|Deaf sign language of Armenia}}
{{Infobox language
| name = Armenian Sign Language
| speakers = {{sigfig|3,150|2}}–{{sigfig|16,000|2}}
| date = 2008–2021
| ref = e25
| speakers_label = Signers
| familycolor = sign language
| family = Language isolate
| iso3 = aen
| glotto = arme1259
| glottorefname = Armenian Sign Language
| nativename = Հայերեն ժեստերի լեզու
}}
Armenian Sign Language ({{Langx|hy|Հայերեն ժեստերի լեզու|translit=Hayeren zhesteri lezu}}) is the deaf sign language of Armenia.
Classification
Wittmann (1991)Wittmann, Henri (1991). "Classification linguistique des langues signées non vocalement." Revue québécoise de linguistique théorique et appliquée 10:1.215–88.[http://www.nou-la.org/ling/1991a-class.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412133912/http://www.nou-la.org/ling/1991a-class.pdf |date=2019-04-12 }} posits that ArSL is a language isolate (a 'prototype' sign language).
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Languages of Armenia}}
{{sign language navigation}}
{{authority control}}
Category:Sign language isolates
Category:Language isolates of Europe
Category:Language isolates of Asia
{{Armenia-stub}}
{{Sign-lang-stub}}