Polyashi Sign Language
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| Polyashi Sign Language (P.S.L.) | |
|---|---|
| Lingua gesticulatoria Poliacorum (L.G.P.) | |
 People speaking using the LGP | |
| Native to | Countries influenced by the Kento-Polyashi culture |
| Region | Southern 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 639-3 | lgp |
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/.
| Symbols for 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/ |