Albanian Sign Language
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, Albanian: Gjuha e Shenjave Shqipe) is one of the deaf sign languages of Europe. It is unrelated to other sign languages of the Balkans. It is relatively young, having developed primarily since the collapse of Communism in 1990. During the communist era, deaf people did not associate with each other on a regular basis. Their communication was primarily with hearing people, and so was strongly influenced by Albanian, with extensive use of fingerspelling and initialized signs, along with some gestures borrowed from hearing people. After the collapse of communism, Deaf people began to congregate and a fully-fledged sign language developed. They invented new signs to replace the former use of fingerspelling, and also came into contact with International Sign and o
Albanian Sign Language
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, Albanian: Gjuha e Shenjave Shqipe) is one of the deaf sign languages of Europe. It is unrelated to other sign languages of the Balkans. It is relatively young, having developed primarily since the collapse of Communism in 1990. During the communist era, deaf people did not associate with each other on a regular basis. Their communication was primarily with hearing people, and so was strongly influenced by Albanian, with extensive use of fingerspelling and initialized signs, along with some gestures borrowed from hearing people. After the collapse of communism, Deaf people began to congregate and a fully-fledged sign language developed. They invented new signs to replace the former use of fingerspelling, and also came into contact with International Sign and o
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A Língua de Sinais Albanesa (e ...... a comunidade surda da Albânia.
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Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, ...... pital, Tirana, to rural areas.
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La langue des signes albanaise ...... albanais depuis décembre 2014.
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Албанский жестовый язык (Alban ...... наличии диалектов не известно.
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Albanian Sign Language
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A Língua de Sinais Albanesa (e ...... a comunidade surda da Albânia.
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Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, ...... with International Sign and o
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La langue des signes albanaise ...... albanais depuis décembre 2014.
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Албанский жестовый язык (Alban ...... множество заимствованных слов.
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Albanian Sign Language
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Langue des signes albanaise
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Língua de sinais albanesa
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Албанский жестовый язык
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Albanian Sign Language
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Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe
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