French Belgian Sign Language

French Belgian Sign Language
French Belgian Sign Language
Langue des signes de Belgique francophone (LSFB)
Native to	French Community of Belgium
Native speakers	4,000 (2014)
Language family	French Sign? Belgian Sign Language French Belgian Sign Language; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	sfb
Glottolog	lang1248

The French Belgian Sign Language (French: Langue des signes de Belgique francophone; LSFB) is the deaf sign language of the French language Community of Belgium, a country in Western Europe. It and Flemish Sign Language are very closely related (and distantly if at all related to French Sign Language), but generally regarded today as distinct languages.^[2]

Legal recognition

By decree of 22 October 2003, the Parliament of the French Community recognised the Sign Language of French-speaking Belgium.^[3]

^ French Belgian Sign Language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ ISO 639-3. "Change Request Documentation: 2006-001". ISO 639-3. SIL International. Retrieved 2 February 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Décret relatif à la reconnaissance de la langue des signes