Afghan Sign Language is a stable indigenous language of Afghanistan. It is a Deaf community sign language. The language is used as a first language by all in the ethnic community. It is not known to be taught in schools.
Population
Geography
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Size
10K to 1M
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This graph shows the general size of the language with respect to its mother tongue speakers, and in relation to all the other languages of the world. The possible size ranges from largest to smallest are:
1 billion plus - this language has more than 1 billion mother tongue speakers
1 million to 1 billion - this language has between 1 million and 1 billion mother tongue speakers
10K to 1 million - this language has between 10 thousand and 1 million mother tongue speakers
10 thousand or less - this language has between 1 and 10 thousand mother tongue speakers
None - this language has no mother tongue speakers
Vitality
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This graph shows the profile of languages in Afghan Sign Language with respect to their level of language vitality.
Institutional — The language has been developed to the point that it is used and sustained by institutions beyond the home and community.
Stable — The language is not being sustained by formal institutions, but it is still the norm in the home and community that all children learn and use the language.
Endangered — It is no longer the norm that children learn and use this language.
Extinct - The language is no longer used and no one retains a sense of ethnic identity associated with the language.
These four summary levels have been derived by grouping levels in the Expanded Graded Intergenerational Disruption Scale (EGIDS), which is the more fine-grained scale that Ethnologue uses to assess the status of every language in terms of development versus endangerment; see Language Status for a description of the levels of that scale. See also the pages on Development and Endangerment for more discussion.
Digital Language Support
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This graph shows the level to which this language is supported in digital media.
This section reports contributions that have been received for the Ethnologue description of this language. Please read the community norms page for more information on contributing.
