Sign Language · East Africa

Madagascar Sign Language

Not endangered

Madagascar 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 639-3mzc
Glottocodemada1271

Spoken in Madagascar

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Closest relatives

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

  1. Algerian Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Phonology, text or dictionary

  2. American Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  3. Burkina Faso Sign Language

    Phonology, text or dictionary

  4. Chadian Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Wordlist or less

  5. Ethiopian Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Grammar sketch

  6. Gambian Sign Language

    Phonology, text or dictionary

  7. Ghanaian Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Phonology, text or dictionary

  8. Guinean Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Wordlist or less

Reference data for Madagascar 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)