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

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]

Legal recognition

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

See also

References

  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

Languages of Belgium
Francosign languages
Sign language
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