Portuguese Sign Language
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It is recognized in the present Constitution of Portugal.[1] It was significantly influenced by Swedish Sign Language, through a school for the Deaf that was established in Lisbon by Swedish educator Pär Aron Borg.[2][3]
Portuguese Sign is the basis of Cape Verdian Sign,[4] and it has also slightly influenced Guinea-Bissau Sign.[5] Some reports have said that São Tomé and Príncipe Sign Language has considerable mutual intelligibility with Portuguese Sign.[6] It is also reported that Portuguese Sign has been also used in Angola.[7]
History
The Portuguese Sign Language has its origins from the Swedish Sign Language (LGS), as in the 19th century, the king called to Portugal Pär Aron Borg, a Swede who had founded an institute for the education of the deaf in Sweden. In 1823, the first school for the deaf was made in Portugal.[8] Although many signs were transported from Swedish Sign to Portuguese sign, thus sharing a common root, it has evolved autonomously and become very distinct from the sign language used in Sweden.[9]Template:Swedish Sign Language family tree
See also
Template:Languages of Portugal Template:Sign language navigation
References
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- ↑ Constitution of Portugal, Article 71 and 74
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