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Mozambican Sign Language

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Mozambican Sign Language
Native toMozambique
Native speakers
150,000 (2021)[1]
unknown
Language codes
ISO 639-3mzy
Glottologmoza1235

Mozambican Sign Language (Portuguese: Língua de Sinais Moçambicana) is the principal language of the deaf community of Mozambique. It is reported to have "some dialectal variation", and to be spoken in at least the three largest cities of Maputo, Beira, and Nampula. As of 1999, there were efforts at standardization. MSL is not based on Portuguese Sign Language—or for that matter on American Sign Language—but other than that, its origin is not recorded.

References

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  1. ^ Mozambican Sign Language at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon