Spanish Sign Language

English

Proper noun

Spanish Sign Language

1. A language that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behavior to communicate both concrete and abstract ideas.

Translations

language that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behavior to communicate

• Arabic: لُغَة اَلْإِشَارَة اَلْإِسْبَانِيَّة f (luḡat al-ʔišārat al-ʔisbāniyya)
• Catalan: llengua de signes espanyola f
• Dutch: Spaanse gebarentaal
• French: langue des signes espagnole f
• German: Spanische Gebärdensprache
• Japanese: スペイン手話 (Supein-shuwa)
• Sardinian: limba de sos sinnos ispagnola f
• Scots: Spainish Sign Leid, Spaingie Sign Leid
• Spanish: lengua de señas española f, lengua de signos española f

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Spanish Sign Language terms

Further reading

• ISO 639-3 code ssp (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Spanish Sign Language, ssp ⁠