Sign Language · North Africa

Libyan Sign Language

Not endangered

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

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FamilySign Language
StatusNot endangered
DocumentationPhonology, text or dictionary
ISO 639-3lbs
Glottocodeliby1235

Spoken in Libya

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Closest relatives

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

  1. Egypt Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Phonology, text or dictionary

  2. Adamorobe Sign Language

    Shifting
    Grammar

  3. Algerian Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Phonology, text or dictionary

  4. American Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  5. Berbey Sign Language

    Phonology, text or dictionary

  6. Bura Sign Language

    Wordlist or less

  7. Burkina Faso Sign Language

    Phonology, text or dictionary

  8. Chadian Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Wordlist or less

Reference data for Libyan 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)