Lithuanian Sign Language
Lithuanian Sign Language (LGK) (Lithuanian: Lietuvių gestų kalba) is the national sign language used in Lithuania, with several regional variants. Very little is known about its history before 1945. From 1945 to 1990 it was used along with Russian Sign Language and the two sign languages became very similar. Russian lip-patterns used with some LGK signs indicate that the sign may have been originally borrowed from Russian Sign Language. When Lithuania became independent, its contacts with Russian Sign Language were almost cut off, and now it's developing as an independent language, with some influence from international signs.
Lithuanian Sign Language
Lithuanian Sign Language (LGK) (Lithuanian: Lietuvių gestų kalba) is the national sign language used in Lithuania, with several regional variants. Very little is known about its history before 1945. From 1945 to 1990 it was used along with Russian Sign Language and the two sign languages became very similar. Russian lip-patterns used with some LGK signs indicate that the sign may have been originally borrowed from Russian Sign Language. When Lithuania became independent, its contacts with Russian Sign Language were almost cut off, and now it's developing as an independent language, with some influence from international signs.
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A Língua de Sinais Lituana (em ...... comunidade surda da Lituânia.
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La langue des signes lituanien ...... de leurs proches en Lituanie.
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Lithuanian Sign Language (LGK) ...... nd sign language interpreters.
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influenced by Russian Sign
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Lithuanian Sign Language
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A Língua de Sinais Lituana (em ...... comunidade surda da Lituânia.
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La langue des signes lituanien ...... de leurs proches en Lituanie.
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Lithuanian Sign Language (LGK) ...... ence from international signs.
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Langue des signes lituanienne
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Lithuanian Sign Language
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Língua de sinais lituana
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LGK
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Lithuanian Sign Language
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