Portuguese Sign Language

Portuguese Sign Language

language
name= Portuguese Sign Language


caption=
nativename=LGP, "Língua Gestual Portuguesa"
fam1=Sign language, unknown origin, from other sign languages.
states=Portugal
region=Portugal
signers=?

Portuguese Sign language ( _pt. Língua Gestual Portuguesa) is a sign language used mainly by Deaf people in Portugal.

It has official recognition.


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