Libyan Sign Language
Native to	Libya
Native speakers	20,000 (2021)^[1]
Language family	Arab Sign Language family? Libyan Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`lbs`
Glottolog	`liby1235`

Sources

Hendriks, Bernadet, 2008. Jordanian Sign Language: aspects of grammar from a cross-linguistic perspective (dissertation)[1]
Suwed, Abdalla A. 1984. Lughat Al-Ishara Al-`Arabiyah: Laughat As-Sum. Tripoli, Libya: Al-Mansha'ah Al Aamah Lin-Nasher wal I'lam.

v t e Languages of Libya
Official language	Arabic Standard Libyan dialect
Immigrant languages	English French Punjabi Spanish German Italian Hindi Hebrew Arabic Chinese Portuguese Japanese Romani Russian Danish Dutch
Minority languages	Berber Awjilah Ghadamès Nafusi Sawknah Tamahaq Tamasheq Zuwara Domari Tebu Tedaga
Sign languages	Libyan Sign Language

Sign language

Language
families^[a]

Sign languages by family

Australian
Aboriginal
(multiple families)^[c]

Western Desert	Kartutjarra Manjiljarra Ngaatjatjarra
Zendath Kesign	Meriam Western Torres Strait Islander

Arab (Ishaaric)

Iraqi–
Levantine

Iraqi
Levantine	Jordanian Lebanese Palestinian Syrian

Possible

BANZSL

Auslan Papua New Guinean (PNGSL) British (BSL) Northern Ireland (NISL) Fijian Maritime (MSL) New Zealand (NZSL) Samoan South African (SASL)
Swedish Sign	Eritrean (EriSL) Finland-Swedish (FinSSL) Portuguese (LGP) Swedish (Teckenspråk) Finnish (Viittomakieli)

Chinese Sign

Chinese (CSL/ZGS)
- Shanghai
  - Hong Kong (HKSL)
    - Macau

Chilean-Paraguayan-
Uruguayan Sign

Chilean (LSCh)
Paraguayan- Uruguayan Sign	Paraguay (LSPY) Uruguay (LSU)

Francosign

American
(ASLic)

American (ASL) Black ASL (BASL) Protactile Bolivian Burmese Yangon Mandalay Cambodian Costa Rican Dominican Jamaican Malaysian (BIM) Oneida (OSL) Panamanian Filipino (FSL) Puerto Rican (PRSL) Quebec (LSQ) Singapore (SgSL)
Indonesian (Nusantaric)	Indonesian (Bisindo) Jakarta Yogyakarta
Francophone African (Françafrosign)	Ethiopian Chadian Ghanaian Guinean Bamako (LaSiMa) Moroccan Nigerian Sierra Leonean
Mixed, Hand Talk	Oneida (OSL)
Mixed, Hoailona ʻŌlelo	Creole Hawaiʻi Sign Language (CHSL)
Mixed, French (LSF)	Greek (ΕΝΓ/ENG) Cypriot (ΚΝΓ/KNG)

Austro-
Hungarian

Russian Sign	Bulgarian (БЖЕ) Georgian Latvian (LSL) Mongolian Russian (РЖЯ)
Yugoslavic Sign	Croatian (HZJ) Kosovar Serbian Slovenian Yugoslav (YSL)

Dutch Sign

Italian Sign

Mexican Sign

Old Belgian

Bangalore-Madras
Beluchistan
Bengali
Bombay
Calcutta
Delhi
Nepali
North West Frontier Province
Punjab-Sindh

Japanese Sign

Kentish^[c]

Old Kentish
Chilmark
- Martha's Vineyard (MVSL)

Mayan (Meemul Tziij)

Highland Maya
Yucatec
- Chicán
- Nohkop
- Nohya
- Trascorral
- Cepeda Peraza

Original Thai Sign

Paget Gorman

Namibian (NSL)

Plains Sign Language

Anishinaabe Apsáalooke Arikara Chaticks si Chaticks Cheyenne Coahuilteco Dane-zaa Diné Hinono'eino Hiraacá Icāk Karankawa Liksiyu Maagiadawa Meciciya ka pekiskwakehk Nakota Ni Mii Puu Niimíipuu Niitsítapi Nųmą́khų́·ki Nʉmʉnʉʉ Omaha Palus Piipaash Ppáⁿkka Schitsu'umsh Shiwinna Sioux Taos Tickanwa•tic Tháumgá Tsuu T'ina Umatilla Wazhazhe Wichita Wíyut'a / Wíblut'e Wyandot
Mixed, American (ASL)	Oneida (OSL)
Plateau	A'aninin Kalispel Ktunaxa (ʾa·qanⱡiⱡⱡitnam) Nesilextcl'n Shuswap (Secwepemcékst) Sqeliz

Providencia–
Cayman Sign

Isolates

Afghan
Al-Sayyid Bedouin (ABSL)
Albanian (AlbSL)
Albarradas Sign Language
Alipur
Argentine (LSA)
Armenian
Caucasian (Harsneren)^[c]
Azerbaijani (AİD)
Belizean
Bhutanese
Tibetan (Bökyi lagda)
Bribri
Brunca
Cena
Chatino
Cuban (LSC)
Navajo/Diné Family
Dogon/Douentza
Ecuadorian (LSEC)
Enga
Ghandruk
Ghardaia (AJSL)
Guatemalan (Lensegua)
Guinea-Bissau
Henniker^[c]
Hawaiʻi (Hoailona ʻŌlelo)
- Creole HSL
Inuit
- Atgangmuurniq
- Greenlandic (Ussersuataarneq)
Jhankot
Jumla
Ka'apor
Kajana
Kafr Qasim
Kailge
Kata Kolok
Kenyan (KSL/LAK)
- Somali (SSL)
Keresan Pueblo (KPISL/Keresign)
Kisindo
Jamaican Country (KS/Konchri Sain)
Macedonian
Maltese (LSM)
Hausa (HSL/Magannar Hannu)
Mardin
Mauritian (MSL)
M'bour
Mehek
Miyakubo Shuwa
Burkina (Mossi)
Mount Avejaha
Mozambican
Naga
Nicaraguan (ISN)
Old Costa Rican
Ottoman (Seraglio/Harem)
Ban Khor (Pasa kidd)
Penang
Persian
Peruvian (LSP)
Qahveh Khaneh
Rennellese^[c]
Rossel Island
Rwandan (AKR/AMR)
Sandy River^[c]
Salvadoran
Sinasina
Spanish (LSE)
Tebul
Trinidad and Tobago (TTSL)
Turkish (TİD)
Ugandan (USL)
Venezuelan (LSV/VSL)
Wanib
West African
- Adamorobe (AdaSL / Mumu kasa)
- Bura (Burasl)
- Mofu-Gudur
- Nanabin (NanabinSL)
Yoruban (YSL)
Zambian

Other groupings

International Sign

By region^[a]

Sign languages by region
Africa	Algeria Algerian Ghardaia Cameroon Maroua Ghana Adamorobe (AdaSL / Mumu kasa) Nanabin Ivory Coast Bouakako (LaSiBo) Kenya Kenyan Mali Tebul Bamako (LaSiMa) Nigeria Bura Hausa (Magannar Hannu) Senegal Mbour Somalia, Somaliland & Djibouti Somali South Africa South African Tanzania Tanzanian Uganda Ugandan Zambia Zambian
Asia	Bengal Bengali Cambodia Cambodian China Chinese Hong Kong Hong Kong (HKSL) India Alipur Bengali Indo-Pakistani Naga Indonesia Indonesian Kata Kolok (Benkala, Balinese) Iran Persian Iraq Iraqi Kurdish Israel Al-Sayyid Bedouin Ghardaia Israeli Kafr Qasem Japan Amami Oshima Japanese Miyakubo Korea Korean Laos Laotian Malaysia Malaysian Penang Selangor Mongolia Mongolian Nepal Ghandruk Jhankot Jumla Nepalese Philippines Filipino Saudi Arabia Saudi Singapore Singapore Sri Lanka Sri Lankan Taiwan Taiwanese Tajikistan Russian Tibet Tibetan (Bökyi lagda) Thailand Old Bangkok Chiangmai Thai Ban Khor (Pasa kidd) Vietnam Vietnamese
Europe	Armenia Armenian Austria Austrian Azerbaijan Azerbaijani Belgium Flemish French Belgian United Kingdom British Croatia Croatian Denmark Danish Faroese (Teknmál) Estonia Estonian Finland Finnish France Ghardaia French Lyons Germany German Greece Greek Hungary Hungarian Iceland Icelandic Ireland Irish Italy Italian Kosovo Yugoslav (Kosovar) Latvia Latvian Lithuania Lithuanian Moldova Russian Netherlands Dutch North Macedonia Macedonian Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Norway Norwegian Poland Polish Portugal Portuguese Russia Russian Slovenia Slovenian Spain Catalan Spanish Valencian Sweden Swedish Switzerland Swiss-German Turkey Central Taurus Mardin Turkish Ukraine Ukrainian
North and Central America	Plains Sign Talk Belize Belizean Canada American (ASL) Black ASL Protactile Blackfoot Cree Ojibwa Oneida Maritime (MSL) Quebec Inuit (Atgangmuurniq) Plateau Cayman Old Cayman Costa Rica Bribri Brunca Old Costa Rican New Costa Rican Cuba Cuban Greenland Greenlandic (Ussersuataarneq) Guatemala Guatemalan Mayan Haiti Haitian Honduras Honduran Mexico Albarradas Chatino Mayan Mexican Nicaragua Nicaraguan Panama Chiriqui Panamanian El Salvador Salvadoran Old Salvadoran United States American (ASL) Black ASL Protactile Blackfeet Cree Cheyenne Ojibwa Oneida Keresan (Keresign) Martha's Vineyard Navajo Navajo Family Sandy River Valley Henniker
Oceania	Australia Auslan Australian-Irish Akitiri (Eltye eltyarrenke) Far North Queensland Indigenous Arrernte (Iltyeme iltyeme) Warlpiri (Rdaka rdaka) Manjiljarra Warlmanpa Warumungu (Warramunga) Mudbura (Mudburra) Ngada Umpila Far North Queensland Western Desert Western Torres Strait Islander Yir Yoront Yolŋu Hawaii (USA) Hawaiʻan (Haoilona ʻŌlelo) New Zealand New Zealand (NZSL) Papua New Guinea Enga Kailge Mehek Mount Avejaha Papua New Guinean (PNGSL) Rossel Island Sinasina Wanib Samoa and American Samoa Samoan
South America	Argentina Argentine (LSA) Bolivia Bolivian Brazil Brazilian (Libras) Cena Ka'apor Chile Chilean Colombia Colombian Provisle Ecuador Ecuadorian Paraguay Paraguayan Peru Peruvian Sivia Uruguay Uruguayan Venezuela Venezuelan
International	International Sign Makaton Monastic Signalong

ASL

Extinct
languages

Linguistics

Grammar (ASL)
Bimodal bilingualism
Phonology (ASL)
Handshape / Location / Orientation / Movement / Expression
Mouthing
Nonmanual feature
Sign names

Fingerspelling

Writing

Language
contact

Contact sign Initialized sign Mouthing
Signed Oral Languages	Indian Signing System Manually coded English Manually coded language in South Africa Manually Coded Malay Paget Gorman Sign System Signed Dutch Signed French Signed German Signed Italian Signed Japanese Signed Polish Signed Spanish Signing Exact English Signed Swedish
Others	Bilingual–bicultural education Manually coded language

Media

Persons

Organisations

Miscellaneous

^a Sign-language names reflect the region of origin. Natural sign languages are not related to the spoken language used in the same region. For example, French Sign Language originated in France, but is not related to French. Conversely, ASL and BSL both originated in English-speaking countries but are not related to each other; ASL however is related to French Sign Language.

^b Denotes the number (if known) of languages within the family. No further information is given on these languages.

^c Italics indicate extinct languages.

References

Sources