Estonian Sign Language
Estonian Sign Language (ESL, Estonian: Eesti viipekeel) is the national sign language of Estonia. In 1998 there were about 4,500 signers out of a deaf population of 2000 and a hearing-impaired population ten times that number. It is widespread in the cities of Tallinn and Pärnu among deaf ethnic Estonians; deaf Russian Estonians in Tallinn use Russian Sign Language, Russians outside Tallinn tend to use a Russian–Estonian Sign Language pidgin, or may be bilingual. In its formative stages, Estonian Sign Language was influenced by Russian and Finnish Sign Language; for example, the ESL sign for 'butterfly' developed from the Finnish sign for 'bird'. There are several dialects, the most archaic of which is the Pärnu variety.
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Estonian Sign Language
Estonian Sign Language (ESL, Estonian: Eesti viipekeel) is the national sign language of Estonia. In 1998 there were about 4,500 signers out of a deaf population of 2000 and a hearing-impaired population ten times that number. It is widespread in the cities of Tallinn and Pärnu among deaf ethnic Estonians; deaf Russian Estonians in Tallinn use Russian Sign Language, Russians outside Tallinn tend to use a Russian–Estonian Sign Language pidgin, or may be bilingual. In its formative stages, Estonian Sign Language was influenced by Russian and Finnish Sign Language; for example, the ESL sign for 'butterfly' developed from the Finnish sign for 'bird'. There are several dialects, the most archaic of which is the Pärnu variety.
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A Língua de Sinais da Estónia ...... as línguas finlandesa e russa.
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Estonian Sign Language (ESL, E ...... n in 1990 at Tartu University.
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La langue des signes estonienn ...... ment reconnue[réf. souhaitée].
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Эстонский жестовый язык — наци ...... бослышащих, живущих в Эстонии.
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A Língua de Sinais da Estónia ...... , o sinal para 'restaurante').
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Estonian Sign Language (ESL, E ...... of which is the Pärnu variety.
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La langue des signes estonienn ...... ment reconnue[réf. souhaitée].
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Эстонский жестовый язык — наци ...... бослышащих, живущих в Эстонии.
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Estonian Sign Language
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Langue des signes estonienne
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Língua de sinais estoniana
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Эстонский жестовый язык
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Estonian Sign Language
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