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Mayan Sign Language
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| Maya Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Mexico, Guatemala |
| Region | Isolated villages in south-central Yucatán, Guatemalan Highlands |
Native speakers | 17 deaf in Chican (2012)[1] 400 hearing signers Chican (1999); unknown number elsewhere |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | msd |
| Glottolog | yuca1236 |
| ELP | Yucatec Maya Sign Language |
Mayan Sign Language (Spanish: Lengua de señas maya or yucateca) is a sign language used in Mexico and Guatemala by Mayan communities with unusually high numbers of deaf inhabitants. In some instances, both hearing and deaf members of a village may use the sign language. It is unrelated to the national sign languages of Mexico (Mexican Sign Language) and Guatemala (Guatemalan Sign Language), as well as to the local spoken Mayan languages and Spanish.
- ^ Maya Sign Language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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