Estimates run from 6,000 to 60,000 (2014)[1] Differences may reflect degree of fluency.
Language family
French Sign
LSF–ASL mix
Greek Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3
gss
Glottolog
gree1271
Greek Sign Language (Greek: Ελληνική νοηματική γλώσσα, romanized: Ellinikí noimatikí glóssa, ENG) is a sign language used by the Greek deaf community.
Greek Sign has been legally recognized as the official language area of the Deaf community for educational purposes in Greece since 2000. The Greek Sign Language is estimated to be used by some 40,600 people.
On December 19, 2013, the OMKE (Greek Federation of the Deaf) presented the Declaration on the Constitutional Recognition of the Greek Sign Language.
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