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Malagasy Sign Language
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<p>The Malagasy Sign Language is a <a href="/facts/Sign_language/Wjfl9Db6">sign language</a> used for communication among hearing impaired people in <a href="/facts/Madagascar/ez12IAcY">Madagascar</a>. An estimated 110,000 to 170,000 people (or 1% of the population of Madagascar) are deaf. Malagasy Sign Language is similar to <a href="/facts/Norwegian_Sign_Language/o1YnbyGN">Norwegian Sign Language</a> because the first deaf school in Madagascar was founded in 1960 by the <a href="/facts/Malagasy_Lutheran_Church/mjY1hRmf">Malagasy Lutheran Church</a> with the assistance of a number of Norwegians, including Norwegian teachers. That said, a large number of signs in Malagasy Sign seem to be completely unrelated to their Norwegian Sign counterparts. Seven deaf schools in Madagascar are sponsored by Evangelical Lutherans. </p> <table><tbody><tr><th><a href="/facts/Danish_Sign_Language_family/ncCFLDUa">Danish Sign Language family</a> tree</th></tr><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/French_Sign_Language/Ffcp4RNX">French Sign</a> (c. 1760–present)</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2"><i>local/<a href="/facts/Home_sign/vvDoQyJP">home sign</a></i></td></tr><tr></tr><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Danish_Sign_Language/z3aHn5Vk">Danish Sign</a>(c. 1800–present)</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr></tr><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6" rowspan="2"><i>Faroese Sign</i>(c. 1960–present)</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2"><i>Greenlandic Sign</i>(c. 1950–present)</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Icelandic_Sign_Language/LAzVVWLw">Icelandic Sign</a>(c. 1910–present)</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Norwegian_Sign_Language/o1YnbyGN">Norwegian Sign</a>(c. 1820–present)</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr></tr><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr></tr><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2">Malagasy Sign(c. 1950–present)</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>