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Salvadoran Sign language is a language used by the deaf community in El Salvador. Its main purpose is to communicate. There are three distinct forms of sign language. American Sign Language was brought over to El Salvador from the United States by missionaries who set up small communal schools for the deaf. The government has also created a school for the deaf, teaching by means of their own modified Salvadoran Sign Language. The third type of sign language used is a combination of American Sign Language and Salvadoran Sign language. Most deaf understand and rely upon both. Their own unique Salvadoran Sign language is based on their language and is most useful in regular encounters; however, American Sign Language is often relied on within education due to the larger and more specific voca

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  • La Lengua de Señas Salvadoreña (LESSA), también conocida como Lengua de Señas Salvadoreñas o Lenguaje de Señas Salvadoreño o (LESA), es la principal Lengua de Señas utilizada por la de El Salvador.​ Cuenta con reconocimiento oficial desde 2005 y diversas asociaciones salvadoreñas promueven su uso, entre ellas: la Asociación Salvadoreña de Sordos, Asociación pro Desarrollo Integral de la Comunidad Sorda Salvadoreña (ASDICSSA) y Fundación Pro Educación de El Salvador (FUNPRES).​ Algunos signantes de la LESSA utilizan otras lenguas, entre ellas la lengua de signos americana (LSA), la lengua de señas costarricense y el .​ Esta situación de contacto lingüístico ha resultado en algunas influencias que la lengua exhibe hoy en día. Por ejemplo, el alfabeto manual de la LESSA parece tener como fuente el alfabeto manual de la LSA.​ Similarmente, en LESSA y otras lenguas de signos centroamericanas (exceptuando Nicaragua), algunos sustantivos que refieren a personas se auxilian de una seña manual que se corresponde con las letras "O" o "A" para indicar el género del referente, una característica aparentemente influida por el español.​ (es)
  • Salvadoran Sign language is a language used by the deaf community in El Salvador. Its main purpose is to communicate. There are three distinct forms of sign language. American Sign Language was brought over to El Salvador from the United States by missionaries who set up small communal schools for the deaf. The government has also created a school for the deaf, teaching by means of their own modified Salvadoran Sign Language. The third type of sign language used is a combination of American Sign Language and Salvadoran Sign language. Most deaf understand and rely upon both. Their own unique Salvadoran Sign language is based on their language and is most useful in regular encounters; however, American Sign Language is often relied on within education due to the larger and more specific vocabulary. This is the reason that the deaf community within El Salvador sometimes relies upon both ASL and SSL in a combined form. (en)
  • La langue des signes salvadorienne (en espagnol : Lengua de señas salvadoreñas, LESSA ou LESA), est la langue des signes utilisée par une partie des personnes sourdes et de leurs proches au Salvador. (fr)
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  • La langue des signes salvadorienne (en espagnol : Lengua de señas salvadoreñas, LESSA ou LESA), est la langue des signes utilisée par une partie des personnes sourdes et de leurs proches au Salvador. (fr)
  • La Lengua de Señas Salvadoreña (LESSA), también conocida como Lengua de Señas Salvadoreñas o Lenguaje de Señas Salvadoreño o (LESA), es la principal Lengua de Señas utilizada por la de El Salvador.​ Cuenta con reconocimiento oficial desde 2005 y diversas asociaciones salvadoreñas promueven su uso, entre ellas: la Asociación Salvadoreña de Sordos, Asociación pro Desarrollo Integral de la Comunidad Sorda Salvadoreña (ASDICSSA) y Fundación Pro Educación de El Salvador (FUNPRES).​ (es)
  • Salvadoran Sign language is a language used by the deaf community in El Salvador. Its main purpose is to communicate. There are three distinct forms of sign language. American Sign Language was brought over to El Salvador from the United States by missionaries who set up small communal schools for the deaf. The government has also created a school for the deaf, teaching by means of their own modified Salvadoran Sign Language. The third type of sign language used is a combination of American Sign Language and Salvadoran Sign language. Most deaf understand and rely upon both. Their own unique Salvadoran Sign language is based on their language and is most useful in regular encounters; however, American Sign Language is often relied on within education due to the larger and more specific voca (en)
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  • Lengua de señas salvadoreña (es)
  • Langue des signes salvadorienne (fr)
  • Salvadoran Sign Language (en)
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