Libyan Sign Language

Libyan Sign Language
Native to	Libya
Native speakers	20,000 (2021)[1]
Language family	Arab Sign Language family? Libyan Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lbs
Glottolog	liby1235

Libyan Sign Language (Arabic: لغة الإشارة الليبية, romanized: Lughat al-Ishārah al-Lībīyah) is the deaf sign language of Libya. It appears to belong to the Arab sign language family (Hendriks 2008).

References

1. Libyan Sign Language at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

Sources

• Hendriks, Bernadet, 2008. Jordanian Sign Language: aspects of grammar from a cross-linguistic perspective (dissertation)[1]
• Suwed, Abdalla A. 1984. Lughat Al-Ishara Al-`Arabiyah: Laughat As-Sum. Tripoli, Libya: Al-Mansha'ah Al Aamah Lin-Nasher wal I'lam.