Vlaamse Gebarentaal

Vlaamse Gebarentaal is a sign language spoken in Belgium. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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Vlaamse Gebarentaal · 50.8°N 4.3°E

Sign languages are full natural languages with their own grammar, unrelated to the spoken languages around them.

Flemish Sign Language (Dutch: Vlaamse Gebarentaal, VGT) is a deaf sign language of Belgium. It is closely related to French Belgian Sign Language, but they are now generally recognized as distinct languages. VGT is estimated to include around 6,000 sign-language users (Loots et al., 2003).

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Langue des signes de Belgique Francophone Zeelandic Walloon West Flemish Picard Limburgan Middle Dutch Dutch Dutch Sign Language Old Dutch-Old Frankish

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