Finland-Swedish Sign Language

Finland-Swedish Sign Language
finlandssvenskt teckenspråk (Swedish)
suomenruotsalainen viittomakieli (Finnish)
Native toFinland
EthnicityFinland-Swedes
Native speakers
150 deaf and 300 total (2014)[1]
Same figure of 150 cited in 2001[2]
? British Sign
Language codes
ISO 639-3fss
Glottologfinl1235
ELPFinnish-Swedish Sign Language

Finland-Swedish Sign Language (FinSSL) is a moribund sign language in Finland. It is now used mainly in private settings by older adults who attended the only Swedish school for the deaf in Finland (in Porvoo, Swedish: Borgå), which was established in the mid-19th century by Carl Oscar Malm but closed in 1993.[3] However, it has recently been taught to some younger individuals.[4] Some 90 persons have it as their native language[5] and it is spoken by around 300 people in total.[6]

  1. ^ Finland-Swedish Sign Language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Finland-Swedish Sign Language at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013) Closed access icon
  3. ^ Jossfolk, Karl-Gustav (2017). "Carl Oskar Malm, en döv visionär" (PDF). SFV-kalendern 2017 (in Swedish). 131. Svenska folkskolans vänner. eISSN 2243-0261. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-07-23.
  4. ^ "Suomessa on uhanalainen kieli, jota käyttää enää 100 – koulussa Pohjanmaalla neljä suomenruotsalaisen viittomakielen taitajaa opettaa etänä lapsia ympäri maan". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). 2021-06-17. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  5. ^ Westerlund, Elin (3 August 2018). "Det finlandssvenska teckenspråket är utrotningshotad". Hufvudstadsbladet (in Swedish). pp. 8–11. Archived from the original on 4 August 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  6. ^ "De finlandssvenska teckenspråkiga – en osynlig minoritet". svenska.yle.fi (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-04-29.

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