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French Sign Language
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<p>French Sign Language is the <a href="/facts/Sign_language/Wjfl9Db6">sign language</a> of <a href="/facts/Deafness_in_France/1pnQETEC">deaf and hard-of-hearing people in France</a> and in <a href="/facts/Romandy/AoMC5umW">French-speaking parts</a> of <a href="/facts/Switzerland/LcGuxeTe">Switzerland</a>. According to <i><a href="/facts/Ethnologue/0AanCzKS">Ethnologue</a></i>, it has 100,000 native signers. </p><p>French Sign Language is related and partially ancestral to <a href="/facts/Dutch_Sign_Language/Uj6lh315">Dutch Sign Language</a> (NGT), <a href="/facts/Flemish_Sign_Language/F4mXahNz">Flemish Sign Language</a> (VGT), <a href="/facts/Belgian-French_Sign_Language/Yblrd8rK">Belgian-French Sign Language</a> (LSFB), <a href="/facts/Irish_Sign_Language/wuKXBKWm">Irish Sign Language</a> (ISL), <a href="/facts/American_Sign_Language/MGTCXaGb">American Sign Language</a> (ASL), <a href="/facts/Quebec_Sign_Language/0S2X25er">Quebec (also known as French Canadian) Sign Language</a> (LSQ), <a href="/facts/Brazilian_Sign_Language/1zheBv1Y">Brazilian Sign Language</a> (LSB or Libras) and <a href="/facts/Russian_Sign_Language/Irr2ggBx">Russian Sign Language</a> (RSL). </p>