Italian Sign Language (LIS)

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Italian Sign Language (LIS)

Lingua dei segni italiana

Speaker Numbers

International Speaker Numbers according to
EGIDS (Ethnologue) Source UNESCO Source ELCAT (Endangered Languages Project) Source
40 000 Site under maintenance (will be updated) Not listed
National Speaker Numbers
Country Language National Speaker Number Bases for Calculation Year Source
Italy Italian Sign Language (LIS) Approx. 40 000 (not a census) Deaf Sign Language Users 2026 (Website accessed)
Slovenia Italian Sign Language (LIS) Unknown Unknown Unknown


Endangerment

International Endangerment according to
UNESCO Source ELCAT (Endangered Languages Project) Source
Site under maintenance (will be updated) Not listed
National Endangerment according to EGIDS (Ethnologue)
Country Language Endangerment Level Source
Italy Italian Sign Language (LIS) 5 (Developing)
Slovenia Italian Sign Language (LIS) Not listed
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