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Estonian Sign Language, the Glossary

Index Estonian Sign Language

Estonian Sign Language (eesti viipekeel, EVK) is the national sign language of Estonia.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 23 relations: Austrian Sign Language, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Estonia, Estonian language, Fingerspelling, Finnish language, Finnish Sign Language, Finno-Ugric languages, French Sign Language family, Governorate of Livonia, Latvian Sign Language, Old French Sign Language, Pärnu, Russian Empire, Russian Sign Language, Sign language, Swadesh list, Swedish Sign Language family, Tallinn, Ulrike Zeshan, University of Tartu, Vändra.

  2. French Sign Language family
  3. Languages of Estonia

Austrian Sign Language

Austrian Sign Language (ÖGS) is the sign language used by the Austrian Deaf community—approximately 10,000 people (see Krausneker 2006). Estonian Sign Language and Austrian Sign Language are French Sign Language family.

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Bryn Mawr College

Bryn Mawr College (Welsh) is a private women's liberal arts college in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.

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Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

Bryn Mawr (from Welsh for 'big hill'), is a census-designated place (CDP) located in Lower Merion Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Estonia

Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe.

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Estonian language

Estonian (eesti keel) is a Finnic language of the Uralic family. Estonian Sign Language and Estonian language are languages of Estonia.

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Fingerspelling

Fingerspelling (or dactylology) is the representation of the letters of a writing system, and sometimes numeral systems, using only the hands.

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Finnish language

Finnish (endonym: suomi or suomen kieli) is a Finnic language of the Uralic language family, spoken by the majority of the population in Finland and by ethnic Finns outside of Finland. Estonian Sign Language and Finnish language are languages of Estonia.

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Finnish Sign Language

Finnish Sign Language is the sign language most commonly used in Finland.

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Finno-Ugric languages

Finno-Ugric is a traditional grouping of all languages in the Uralic language family except the Samoyedic languages. Estonian Sign Language and Finno-Ugric languages are languages of Estonia.

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French Sign Language family

The French Sign Language (LSF, from) or Francosign family is a language family of sign languages which includes French Sign Language and American Sign Language. Estonian Sign Language and French Sign Language family are sign languages.

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Governorate of Livonia

The Governorate of Livonia, also known as the Livonia Governorate, was a province (guberniya) and one of the Baltic governorates of the Russian Empire, Baltic Governorate-General until 1876.

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Latvian Sign Language

Latvian Sign Language (latviešu zīmju valoda) is a sign language commonly used by deaf people in Latvia. Estonian Sign Language and Latvian Sign Language are French Sign Language family.

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Old French Sign Language

Old French Sign Language (Vieille langue des signes française, often abbreviated as VLSF) was the language of the deaf community in 18th-century Paris at the time of the establishment of the first deaf schools. Estonian Sign Language and Old French Sign Language are French Sign Language family.

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Pärnu

Pärnu is the fourth-largest city in Estonia and third in terms of the ethnic Estonian population.

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Russian Empire

The Russian Empire was a vast empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until its dissolution in March 1917.

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Russian Sign Language

Russian Sign Language (RSL) is the sign language used by the Deaf community in Russia, with what is possibly additional presence in Belarus and Tajikistan. Estonian Sign Language and Russian Sign Language are French Sign Language family.

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Sign language

Sign languages (also known as signed languages) are languages that use the visual-manual modality to convey meaning, instead of spoken words. Estonian Sign Language and sign language are sign languages.

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Swadesh list

The Swadesh list is a compilation of tentatively universal concepts for the purposes of lexicostatistics.

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Swedish Sign Language family

The Swedish Sign Language family is a language family of sign languages, including Swedish Sign Language, Portuguese Sign Language, Cape Verdian Sign Language, Finnish Sign Language and Eritrean Sign (although going through the process of demissionization).

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Tallinn

Tallinn is the capital and most populous city of Estonia.

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Ulrike Zeshan

Ulrike Zeshan is a German-born linguist and academic specializing in the linguistics of signed languages.

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University of Tartu

The University of Tartu (UT; Tartu Ülikool; Universitas Tartuensis) is a public research university located in the city of Tartu, Estonia.

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Vändra

Vändra (Fennern) is a borough (alev) in Põhja-Pärnumaa Parish in Pärnu County, Estonia.

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See also

French Sign Language family

Languages of Estonia

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonian_Sign_Language

Also known as ISO 639:eso.