Sign Language · East Africa

Ethiopian Sign Language

Not endangered

Ethiopian Sign Language is documented so far only to the level of grammar sketch.

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FamilySign Language
StatusNot endangered
DocumentationGrammar sketch
ISO 639-3eth
Glottocodeethi1238

Spoken in Ethiopia

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Closest relatives

Languages sharing the deepest branch of Sign Language's family tree with Ethiopian Sign Language.

  1. American Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  2. Burkina Faso Sign Language

    Phonology, text or dictionary

  3. Chadian Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Wordlist or less

  4. Gambian Sign Language

    Phonology, text or dictionary

  5. Ghanaian Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Phonology, text or dictionary

  6. Guinean Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Wordlist or less

  7. Moroccan Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Phonology, text or dictionary

  8. Nigerian Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Phonology, text or dictionary

Reference data for Ethiopian Sign Language from Glottolog 5.2.1, licensed CC-BY-4.0. Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Bank, Sebastian. 2025. Glottolog 5.2.1. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (Available online at https://glottolog.org)