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Irish Sign Language (ISL) is the sign language of Ireland. ISL is utilized within two Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, but around Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Sign Language (NISL) is also utilized. Irish Sign Language is extra closely related French Sign Language than to British Sign Language, which was first utilized inside Dublin. It has influenced signing around Australia and South Africa, and has little relation to either spoken English or Irish. A Irish Deaf Society says that ISL "arose from within deaf communities", "was developed by deaf people themselves" & "has been in existence for hundreds of years", however based on data from Ethnologue the language originated in the period of 1846-1849. A SIL code for Irish Sign Language is ISG. ISL is the SIL code for Israeli Sign Language.
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Number Signs in ISL From the Art and Cultural Society of the Deaf. Sign Language Society At Trinity College, University of Dublin. Links and course information. |
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