Also Known As:
Lengua de Señas Chilena, LSCh, Lenguaje Chileno de Signos, Lenguaje de Señas, LENSE
Dialects & Varieties
Recent Resources
This is research compiled by 3 researchers who went to Chile.
This study focuses on the identification of Chilean signs and fingerspelling
words, the matching of
This study tested the fact that deaf children could improve their reading skills through other metho
Vulnerable
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
21,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 2
Used in some non-official domains along with other languages, and remains the primary language used in the home for many community members.
2
Transmission
Transmission -1
All members of the community, including children, speak the language.
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Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2015. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Eighteenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.
Bibliography of Locations:
"Glottolog." Online: http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/.
Bibliography of Context:
Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2015. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Eighteenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.