Mexican Sign Language
Facts
- Language: Mexican Sign Language
- Alternate names: Lenguaje de Signos Mexicano, Lenguaje Manual Mexicana, Lenguaje de las Manos LSM, LSM, Lenguaje de las Manos
- Language code: mfs
- Language family: Deaf sign language (SIL classification)
- Number of speakers: 87,000-100,000
- Vulnerability: Vulnerable
- Script: Latin script.
More information:
Most deaf schools use oralist method, but some use signs. 15 deaf churches or agencies for the deaf in the Mexico City area, 4 in Guadalajara, 3 in Mérida, 3 in Puebla, 3 in Cuernavaca, 2 in Los Mochis, 2 in Monterrey, 2 in Tijuana, 2 in Ciudad Juárez, 2 in Torreón, 2 in Aguascalientes, at least one each in Jojutla, Cd. Madero, Cd. Mante, Reynosa, Ensenada, Torreón, Colima, Morelia, Pachuca, Tampico, Toluca, Queretaro, Tlaxcala, San Luis Potosi, Celaya, Hermosillo, Oaxaca, Veracruz, Acanceh, Zaplotanejo. 19 schools for the deaf in Saltillo, Guadalajara (3), Mexico City (6), Morelia, Cuernavaca, Monterrey, Ciudad Obregón, Hermosillo, Villahermosa, Matamoros, Veracruz; athletic clubs, theatre troupes, craft schools, rehabilitation institutions.
Mexican Sign Language is spoken in Mexico, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean.