Azerbaijani Sign Language

Azerbaijani Sign Language
AİD Azərbaycan işarət dili
Native to	Azerbaijan
Signers	31,000 (2009)^[citation needed]
Language family	French Sign Austro-Hungarian Sign Russian Sign Azerbaijani Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–

Azerbaijani Sign Language (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan işarət dili, AİD) is the sign language used by the deaf community in Azerbaijan. As with other sign languages, AİD has a unique grammar that differs from the oral languages used in the region. There are approximately 31,000 deaf people in Azerbaijan.^{[citation needed]} Azerbaijani Sign Language is not recognized as an official language by Azerbaijan, nor does not have any language codes.^{[citation needed]}

Azerbaijani Sign Language is based on Russian Sign Language.

History

There are two Republican Special Boarding Schools in Azerbaijan that only serve members of the Azerbaijani deaf community. Although their sign language is not officially recognized, Azerbaijan's deaf community is a member of the World Deaf Federation (WDF). In international conferences and meetings, Russian Sign Language is used instead of Azerbaijani Sign Language.^[1]

See also

• Sign language
• Deafness

References

1. "Deaf cultures and Sign Languages of the world: Azerbaijan (Azərbaycan)". www.theinterpretersfriend.org. Retrieved January 29, 2019. Azerbaijan Deaf Society is a member of the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD), an international, non-governmental, central organization of national associations of the Deaf.