Sign Language · Southern Africa

South African Sign Language

Not endangered

South African Sign Language is documented so far only to the level of grammar sketch.

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FamilySign Language
StatusNot endangered
DocumentationGrammar sketch
ISO 639-3sfs
Glottocodesout1404

Spoken in South Africa

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Closest relatives

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

  1. Lesotho Sign Language

    Phonology, text or dictionary

  2. Namibian Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Phonology, text or dictionary

  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 South African 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)