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| Azerbaijani Sign Language | |
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| AİD Azərbaycan işarət dili | |
| Native to | Azerbaijan |
| Signers | 31,000 (2009)[citation needed] |
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| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| IETF | rsl-AZ |
Azerbaijani Sign Language (Azerbaijani:Azərbaycan işarət dili, AİD) is thesign language used by thedeaf community inAzerbaijan. As with other sign languages, AİD has a unique grammar that differs from the oral languages used in the region. There are approximately 31,000 deaf people in Azerbaijan.[citation needed] Azerbaijani Sign Language is not recognized as anofficial language byAzerbaijan, nor does not have anylanguage codes.[citation needed]
Azerbaijani Sign Language is based onRussian Sign Language.
There are two Republican Special Boarding Schools in Azerbaijan that only serve members of the Azerbaijani deaf community. Although their sign language is not officially recognized, Azerbaijan's deaf community is a member of theWorld Deaf Federation (WDF). In international conferences and meetings,Russian Sign Language is used instead of Azerbaijani Sign Language.[1]
Azerbaijan Deaf Society is a member of the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD), an international, non-governmental, central organization of national associations of the Deaf.
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