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, usually called LGP ([ɛl d͡ʒiː piː] or [ɛl ɡɛː pɛː] in IPA) as a shortcut of "Lingua gesticulatoria Poliacorum" 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/, /t͡s ~ ʈ͡s/, /t͡ʃ ~ t͡ɕ ~ t͡ʂ/, /d͡z ~ ɖ͡z/, /d͡ʒ ~ d͡ʑ ~ d͡ʐ/, /ʃ ~ ɕ ~ ʂ/, /ʒ ~ ʑ ~ ʐ/, /d ~ ɖ/, /t ~ ʈ/, /tʲ~ c/, /dʲ ~ ɟ/, /h ~ ɦ/, /x ~ χ/, /z ~ zʲ/, /s ~ sʲ/, /ð ~ θ/, /ɡ ~ ɢ/, /k/, /q/, /v ~ β/, /f ~ ɸ/, /r ~ ɾ/, /ʀ ~ ɹ ~ ʁ/, /m/, /n/, /ŋ/, /nʲ ~ 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/.
Signs for classical phonemes
/b/ /p/ /d ~ ɖ/ /t ~ ʈ/ /dʲ ~ ɟ/ /tʲ~ c/ /ɡ ~ ɢ/ /k/ /q/ /ð ~ θ/
/m/ /n/ /nʲ ~ ɲ/ /ŋ/ /ʎ ~ lʲ ~ ȴ/ /l ~ ɫ ~ ʟ/ /ʀ ~ ɹ ~ ʁ/ /r ~ ɾ/ /j ~ ʝ/ /ɰ ~ w/
/d͡z ~ ɖ͡z/ /t͡s ~ ʈ͡s/ /d͡ʒ ~ d͡ʑ ~ d͡ʐ/ /t͡ʃ ~ t͡ɕ ~ t͡ʂ/ /z ~ zʲ/ /s ~ sʲ/ /ʒ ~ ʑ ~ ʐ/ /ʃ ~ ɕ ~ ʂ/ /v ~ β/ /f ~ ɸ/
/h ~ ɦ/ /x ~ χ/ /a ~ ɑ ~ ɒ/ /ɛ ~ e/ /æ ~ ə/ /ɔ ~ o/ /i ~ ɪ/ /ʊ ~ u ~ ʏ/ /ɨ ~ y/ /ø ~ œ/