Ecuadorian Sign Language | |
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Native to | Ecuador |
Native speakers
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230,000 (2011) |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
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Glottolog | ecua1243 |
Ecuadorian Sign Language is the deaf sign language of Ecuador.
Wittmann (1991) posits that ESL is a language isolate (a 'prototype' sign language), though one developed through stimulus diffusion from an existing sign language, likely French Sign Language.