Sign Language · West Africa

Nigerian Sign Language

Not endangered

Nigerian 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 639-3nsi
Glottocodenige1240

Spoken in Nigeria

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Closest relatives

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

  1. American Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  2. Chadian Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Wordlist or less

  3. Ghanaian Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Phonology, text or dictionary

  4. Burkina Faso Sign Language

    Phonology, text or dictionary

  5. Ethiopian Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Grammar sketch

  6. Gambian Sign Language

    Phonology, text or dictionary

  7. Guinean Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Wordlist or less

  8. Moroccan Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Phonology, text or dictionary

Reference data for Nigerian 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)