Sign Language · North Africa

Egypt Sign Language

Not endangered

Egypt Sign Language is documented so far only to the level of phonology, text or dictionary.

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FamilySign Language
StatusNot endangered
DocumentationPhonology, text or dictionary
ISO 639-3esl
Glottocodeegyp1238

Spoken in Egypt

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Closest relatives

Languages sharing the deepest branch of Sign Language's family tree with Egypt Sign Language.

  1. Libyan Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Phonology, text or dictionary

  2. Adamorobe Sign Language

    Shifting
    Grammar

  3. Algerian Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Phonology, text or dictionary

  4. American Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  5. Berbey Sign Language

    Phonology, text or dictionary

  6. Bura Sign Language

    Wordlist or less

  7. Burkina Faso Sign Language

    Phonology, text or dictionary

  8. Chadian Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Wordlist or less

Reference data for Egypt Sign Language from Glottolog 5.2.1, licensed CC-BY-4.0. Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Bank, Sebastian. 2025. Glottolog 5.2.1. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (Available online at https://glottolog.org)