Cape Verdian Sign Language
{{Short description|Sign Language used in Cape Verde}}
{{Infobox language
| name = Cape Verdian Sign Language
| nativename = Língua Gestual Caboverdiana
| states = Cape Verde
| speakers = 1500
| ref =
| familycolor = Sign
| fam1 = Swedish Sign
| fam2 = Portuguese Sign
| glottorefname = Cape Verdian Sign Language
|ietf = psr-CV
}}
Cape Verdian Sign Language (Língua Gestual Caboverdiana){{Cite web |last=RTC |title=Apresentado para validação, módulo formativo de língua gestual |url=https://www.rtc.cv/noticia/noticia-details/apresentado-para-validacao-modulo-formativo-de-lingua-gestual-9567 |access-date=May 13, 2024 |website=My Application |language=pt-PT}} is the sign language used by the deaf community in Cape Verde, numbering around 1500–4000. It is descended from Portuguese sign language and is mutually intelligible with it at the present, although it contains some local adaptations.{{Cite web |date=December 23, 2019 |title=Professoras da UFSM elaboram o primeiro dicionário de gestos voltado para a população surda de Cabo Verde |url=https://www.ufsm.br/2019/12/23/professoras-da-ufsm-elaboram-o-primeiro-dicionario-de-gestos-voltado-para-a-populacao-surda-de-cabo-verde |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=UFSM |language=pt-BR}} Cape Verdian sign has not been under any university research.{{Cite web |title=Cape Verde |url=https://africansignlanguagesresourcecenter.com/cape-verde/ |access-date=May 13, 2024 |website=African Sign Languages Resource Center |language=en-US}}{{Cite book |title=Dicionário da Língua Gestual Cabo-verdiana |publisher=MINISTÉRIO DA EDUCAÇÃO UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA MARIA}} However, a Cape Verdian Sign dictionary was released in 2019.{{Cite web |title=Dicionário Língua Gestual de Cabo Verde pode revolucionar relacionamento com os surdos |url=https://ilhas.li/aHJ- |access-date=May 13, 2024 |website=Expresso das Ilhas |language=pt}}{{Cite web |date=November 12, 2019 |title=Ciência - Cabo Verde lança primeiro Dicionário de Língua Gestual |url=https://www.rfi.fr/pt/cabo-verde/20191112-cabo-verde-lan%C3%A7-primeiro-dicion%C3%A1rio-de-l%C3%ADngua-gestual |access-date=May 13, 2024 |website=RFI |language=pt}}
In 2010, a school for children who are deaf was established in Cape Verde. Another deaf school was also established in Praia.{{Swedish Sign Language family tree}}