Filipino Sign Language | |
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![]() National Historical Committee marker for the Philippine School for the Deaf and the Blind | |
Native to | Philippines |
Native speakers | 121,000 (2008) to est. 325,000–650,000 (2021)[1] |
French Sign
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | psp |
Glottolog | phil1239 |
Filipino Sign Language, abbreviated as FSL (Filipino: Wikang Senyas[2]), or Philippine Sign Language[3], is a sign language originating in the Philippines. Like other sign languages, FSL is a unique language with its own grammar, syntax and morphology; it is not based on and does not resemble Filipino or English.[4] Some researchers consider the indigenous signs of FSL to be at risk of being lost due to the increasing influence of American Sign Language.[4]
The Republic Act 11106 or The Filipino Sign Language Act, effective November 27, 2018, declared FSL as the national sign language of the Filipino Deaf.[5]
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