Sign Language · Southern Africa

Namibian Sign Language

Not endangered

Namibian 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 639-3nbs
Glottocodenami1249

Spoken in Namibia

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Closest relatives

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

  1. Lesotho Sign Language

    Phonology, text or dictionary

  2. South African Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Grammar sketch

  3. Adamorobe Sign Language

    Shifting
    Grammar

  4. Algerian Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Phonology, text or dictionary

  5. American Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  6. Berbey Sign Language

    Phonology, text or dictionary

  7. Bura Sign Language

    Wordlist or less

  8. Burkina Faso Sign Language

    Phonology, text or dictionary

Reference data for Namibian 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)