Ukrainian Sign Language
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Ukrainian Sign Language (USL) (Ukrainian: Українська жестова мова (УЖМ)) is the sign language of the deaf community of Ukraine.[2] Ukrainian Sign Language belongs to the family of French sign languages.[citation needed] Worldwide awareness of Ukrainian Sign Language rose sharply in 2014 after the release of a Ukrainian film The Tribe, where actors communicated in Ukrainian Sign Language with no spoken dialogue.[3][4][5][6][7][8]
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Ukrainian Sign Language | |
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Українська жестова мова Ukrayinska Zhestova Mova | |
Native to | Ukraine |
Native speakers | 54,000 (2008)[1] |
Official status | |
Regulated by | Department of Sign Language Education at the Institute of Special Education of National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ukl |
Glottolog | ukra1235 |
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