Tunisian Sign Language

{{Short description|Deaf sign language of Tunisia}}

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|name=Tunisian Sign Language

|nativename=

|states=Tunisia

|speakers={{sigfig|21,200|2}}

|date=2008

|ref=e18

|familycolor=sign

|fam1=French Sign

|fam2=Italian Sign

|iso3=tse

|glotto=tuni1249

|glottorefname=Tunisian Sign Language

}}

Tunisian Sign Language ({{Langx|ar|لغة الإشارة التونسية|translit=Lughat al-Ishārah al-Tūnisīyah}}; {{Langx|fr|Langue des signes tunisienne}}) is the sign language used by deaf people in Tunisia. It derives from Italian Sign Language, mixed with indigenous sign.

It is not clear how the language of the Burj as-Salh deaf village relates to indigenous sign and TSL.{{cite web |date=6 November 2016 |title=8 Deaf Villages Around the World and How They Came to be |url=https://deafniche.com/8deaf-villages-around-world/ |website=deafniche.com}}

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