Sign Language · West Africa

Gambian Sign Language

Gambian Sign Language is documented so far only to the level of phonology, text or dictionary.

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FamilySign Language
StatusNot assessed
DocumentationPhonology, text or dictionary
ISO 639-3—
Glottocodegamb1259

Spoken in Gambia

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Closest relatives

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

    Not endangered
    Grammar sketch

  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 Gambian 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)