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Encyclopedia > Austrian Sign Language

Austrian Sign Language is the Sign Language used by the Austrian Deaf Community (appr. 10.000 people). Its proper name is "Österreichische Gebärdensprache" (ÖGS). Although there are no detailed studies to prove the exact extent and amount of relatedness, ÖGS is definitely akin to German Sign Language and Swiss Sign Language: Mostly, this seems to be the case for aspects of its grammar and syntax, the vocabulary differs. After a nearly 15 year long struggle by the Deaf community ÖGS was finally legally recognized by the Austrian Parliament on September 1, 2005, see the entry on the legal recognition of sign languages. ÖGS is - unlike other 'manual systems' - a natural language with its own grammar etc. Linguistic research on ÖGS started merely 15 years ago and is primarily conducted at the University of Klagenfurt (http://www.uni-klu.ac.at/fzgs/) and University of Graz (http://www-gewi.uni-graz.at/uedo/signhome/index.html). The Austrian Deaf community is represented by the Austrian Association of the Deaf/Österreichischer Gehörlosenbund, see http://www.oeglb.at There is one nationwide association for professional interpreters of ÖGS, see http://www.oegsdv.at German Sign Language or Deutsche Gebärdensprache is the sign language of the Deaf community in Germany. ... The legal recognition of sign languages is one of the major concerns of the international Deaf community. ...


Further reading

Krausneker, Verena (2006) taubstumm bis gebärdensprachig. Die Österreichische Gebärdensprachgemeinschaft aus soziolinguistischer Perspektive. Klagenfurt, Drava [1]


ÖGLB, Österreichischer Gehörlosenbund (2003) ÖGS-Basisgebärden. Basisvokabular der Österreichischen Gebärdensprache. Wien


ÖGLB, Österreichischer Gehörlosenbund (2004) Mein Tor zur Welt der Gehörlosen. Wien (http://www.oeglb.at/shop)


ÖGLB, Österreichischer Gehörlosenbund (2004) Mein Fingeralphabet.Das Finger-ABC für Kinder. Wien


ÖGLB, Österreichischer Gehörlosenbund (2004) Mein erstes Gebärdenbuch. Österreichische Gebärdensprache für Kinder. Wien


ÖGLB, Österreichischer Gehörlosenbund (2004) Erstes Gebärdenbuch für Jugendliche. Wien


ÖGLB, Österreichischer Gehörlosenbund (2004) Zweites Gebärdenbuch für Jugendliche. Wien


ÖGLB, Österreichischer Gehörlosenbund (2005) 1. Diskriminierungsbericht der österreichischen Gebärdensprachgemeinschaft. Wien


ÖGLB, Österreichischer Gehörlosenbund (2005) Medizinisches Handbuch ÖGS. Wien.


ÖGLB, Österreichischer Gehörlosenbund (2006) 2. Diskriminierungsbericht der österreichischen Gebärdensprachgemeinschaft. Wien


Skant, Andrea, Franz Dotter, Elisabeth Bergmeister, Marlene Hilzensauer, Manuela Hobel, Klaudia Krammer, Ingeborg Okorn, Christian Orasche, Reinhold Ortner & Natalie Unterberger (2002) Grammatik der Österreichischen Gebärdensprache. Veröffentlichungen des Forschungszentrum für Gebärdensprache und Hörgeschädigtenkommunikation der Universität Klagenfurt: Band 4: 2002, Siehe http://www.uni-klu.ac.at/groups/spw/gs/ (Publikationen und Produkte)


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German Sign Language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (509 words)
German Sign Language uses a one-handed manual alphabet ('Fingeralphabet' in German) derived from the French manual alphabet of the 18th century; it is related to manual alphabets used to across Europe and in North America.
Sign languages of regions in the former East Germany have a greater divergence from sign languages of the western regions; some may be unrelated.
Israeli Sign Language (ISL) is said to be a descendant of German sign language, as it evolved from the sign language used by German Jewish teachers who opened a school for deaf children in Jerusalem in 1932, and still shows some resemblance to its German counterpart.
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