Polyashi Sign Language

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Polyashi Sign Language (P.S.L.)
Lingua gesticulatoria Poliacorum (L.G.P.)
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People speaking using the LGP
Native toCountries influenced by the Kento-Polyashi culture
RegionSouthern and Southwestern Thuadia
Native speakers
L1: ~3,000,000
L2: ~2,500,000
FL: ~5,000,000
Official status
Official language in
 Krenya
Language codes
ISO 639-3lgp
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Polyashi Sign Language is a sign languages used by deaf communities in southern and southwestern Thuadia, in general areas influenced by the Kento-Polyashi culture. It is a logographic language with signs for most common phonemes in local languages for possible spelling of words with no set symbol.

Phoneme signs

The language has special signs for:

  • Consonants: /b/, /p/, /ts ~ ʈs/, /tʃ ~ tɕ ~ tʂ/, /dz ~ ɖz/, /dʒ ~ dʑ ~ dʐ/, /ʃ ~ ɕ ~ ʂ/, /ʒ ~ ʑ/, /d ~ ɖ/, /t ~ ʈ/, /c/, /ɟ/, /h ~ ɦ/, /x ~ χ/, /z/, /s/, /ð/, /θ/, /ɡ/, /k/, /v ~ β/, /f ~ ɸ/, /r ~ ɾ/, /ʀ ~ ɹ/, /m/, /n/, /ŋ/, /ɲ/, /l ~ ɫ ~ ʟ/, /ʎ ~ lʲ ~ ȴ/, /ɰ ~ w/, /j ~ ʝ/
  • Vowels: /a ~ ɑ/, /ɛ ~ e/, /æ ~ ə/, /ɔ ~ o/, /i ~ ɪ/, /ʊ ~ u ~ ʏ/, /ɨ ~ y/, /ø ~ œ/.