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1. • • Guatemalan Sign Language or "Lengua de Señas de Guatemala" is the proposed national deaf sign language of Guatemala, formerly equated by most users and most literature equates with the sign language known by the acronymic abbreviations LENSEGUA, Lensegua, and LenSeGua.
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   Should Lengua be recognized as the National Sign Language of Guatemala?

   • All three have proposed that a particular sign language, LENSEGUA, (1) be recognized as the national sign language of Guatemala, and (2) that it be considered simply an acronymic abbreviation for Lengua de Señas de Guatemala or "Guatemalan Sign Language."

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   Is there a language isolate in Guatemala?

   • Language isolate ? Guatemalan Sign Language or "Lengua de Señas de Guatemala" is the proposed national deaf sign language of Guatemala, formerly equated by most users and most literature equates with the sign language known by the acronymic abbreviations LENSEGUA, Lensegua, and LenSeGua.

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   How many people speak Guatemalan Sign Language?

   • Using research published in 2008 by Elizabeth Parks and Jason Parks of SIL International, the Endangered Languages Project (ELP), estimates that 28,000-256,000 people speak Guatemalan Sign Language, but it notes that estimates have ranged as high as 640,000.

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   What language is spoken in Guatemala?

   • Spanish is the official language of Guatemala. Guatemalan Spanish is the local variant of the Spanish language. Twenty-six Mayan languages are spoken, especially in rural areas, as well as two non-Mayan Amerindian languages: Xinca, an indigenous language, and Garifuna, an Arawakan language spoken on the Caribbean coast.

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Guatemalan_Sign_LanguageGuatemalan Sign Language - Wikipedia

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   Guatemalan Sign Language or Lensegua ( Spanish: Lengua de señas guatemalteco) is the proposed national deaf sign language of Guatemala, formerly equated by most users and most literature equates with the sign language known by the acronymic abbreviations LENSEGUA, Lensegua, and LenSeGua. Recent legal initiatives have sought to define the term ...

   • Native speakers: 50,000 (2021)
   • Language family: Language isolate ?

   • ISO 639-3: gsm
   • Native to: Guatemala

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Languages_of_GuatemalaLanguages of Guatemala - Wikipedia

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   List of languages of Guatemala. Although Spanish is the official language, it is not spoken by the entire population, or else is used as a second language. There are twenty-four distinct indigenous languages spoken in Guatemala.

   • Indigenous: Several languages
   • Minority: Garifuna

   • Foreign: English
   • Official: Spanish

5. www.wikiwand.com › en › Guatemalan_Sign_LanguageGuatemalan Sign Language - Wikiwand

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   Guatemalan Sign Language or "Lengua de Señas de Guatemala" is the proposed national deaf sign language of Guatemala, formerly equated by most users and most literature equates with the sign language known by the acronymic abbreviations LENSEGUA, Lensegua, and LenSeGua.

6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Mayan_Sign_LanguageMayan Sign Language - Wikipedia

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   Mayan Sign Language ( Spanish: Lengua de señas maya or yucateca) is a sign language used in Mexico and Guatemala by Mayan communities with unusually high numbers of deaf inhabitants. In some instances, both hearing and deaf members of a village may use the sign language.

   • Native speakers: 17 deaf in Chican (2012), 400 hearing signers Chican (1999); unknown number elsewhere

   • Language family: village sign

7. latindeafservicesinc.com › guatemala-adopts-anLENSEGUA- Guatemala's Official Sign Language - Latin Deaf ...

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   LENSEGUA, the Guatemalan sign language, weaves a tapestry of connection within the deaf community, offering a means to bridge the gap between silence and expression. Developed over years of dedication and collaboration, LENSEGUA is a testament to the resilience of Guatemala’s deaf population.

8. dbpedia.org › page › Guatemalan_Sign_LanguageAbout: Guatemalan Sign Language - DBpedia Association

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   About: Guatemalan Sign Language. Guatemalan Sign Language or "Lengua de Señas de Guatemala" is the proposed national deaf sign language of Guatemala, formerly equated by most users and most literature equates with the sign language known by the acronymic abbreviations LENSEGUA, Lensegua, and LenSeGua. Recent legal initiatives have sought to ...

9. olac.ldc.upenn.edu › language › gsmOLAC resources in and about the Guatemalan Sign Language

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   ONLINE Guatemalan Sign Language: a language of Guatemala. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:gsm. ONLINE LINGUIST List Resources for Guatemalan Sign Language. Damir Cavar, eLinguistics Foundation Board Member (editor); Malgorzata E. Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor). 2022-05-31.