Iraqi Sign Language
{{Short description|Deaf sign language of Iraq}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Iraqi Sign Language
|nativename={{lang|ar|لغة الإشارة العراقية}}
|states=Iraq
|speakers= ?
|familycolor = sign language
|fam1=Arab sign-language family
|fam2=Iraqi–Levantine?
|iso3=none
|glotto=iraq1246
|glottorefname=Iraqi Sign Language
}}
Iraqi Sign Language ({{Langx|ar|لغة الإشارة العراقية|luḡa al-išāra al-ʿIrāqiyya}}) is the deaf sign language of Iraq. It appears to be close to Levantine Arabic Sign Language the common sign language of Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, and Jordan.{{Citation |last=Zeshan |first=Ulrike |title=Sign Languages |date=2011-05-30 |url=https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopedia-of-arabic-language-and-linguistics/sign-languages-EALL_COM_0307?s.num=1&s.rows=20&s.f.s2_parent=s.f.book.encyclopedia-of-arabic-language-and-linguistics&s.q=sign+language |work=Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics |publisher=Brill |language=en |access-date=2022-10-17}} It is taught in seven schools or deaf associations in the capital of Baghdad and 5 other cities.{{Cite journal |title=Demographic Information On Sign Languages Around the World: Field Survey Notes |url=https://www.sil.org/system/files/reapdata/14/36/63/143663203086607187751253624366613140247/silesr2007_021.pdf |journal=SIL International |volume=2007-021}}
Related Sign Languages
In research done on Jordanian Sign Language, word lists from Baghdad were collected and compared to sign language from five other countries. It was found to have over 50% lexical similarities with the sign languages of Jordan and Syria{{Cite journal |last=Hendriks |first=Hermina Berndina |title=Jordanian Sign Language: Aspects of grammar from a cross-linguistic perspective |url=https://www.lotpublications.nl/Documents/193_fulltext.pdf |journal=LOT}}
See also
References
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{{Languages of Iraq}}
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