Italian Sign Language (LIS) is the visual language used by deaf people in Italy. Sustained linguistic analysis of it began in the 1980s, following the lines set by William Stokoe's research into American Sign Language in the 1960s. Through the end of the twentieth century, most scholarly study of LIS concentrated on its vocabulary. According to the European Union for the Deaf, the majority of Italy's estimated 60,000 to 90,000 Deaf people use LIS.
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Speaker Count In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Europe, found in there.
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1. Italian Sign Language (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata number of speakers (P1098) statement (EntityId 332783): 40000Quote, Wikidata number of speakers (P1098) statement (EntityId 332783): 40000
Wikidata item Q375619, property P1098 (number of speakers): 40000, point in time 2011-00-00 (normal rank, non-deprecated)
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