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| '''Russian Sign Language''' is a ] for the ]. It originated in ] and was taught in schools starting in ]. | |||
| {{Expand Russian|Русский жестовый язык|date=February 2010}} | |||
| {{Infobox Language | |||
| |name=Russian Sign Language | |||
| |nativename=Русский Жестовый Язык<br/>''Russkiy Zhestoviy Yazyk''<br/>''Russkij Žestovyj Âzyk'' | |||
| |states=], ], ], ], ], ]; partly in ], ], ] | |||
| |region=] | |||
| |signers=estimated 1-2 mln{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}} | |||
| |familycolor=Sign | |||
| |fam1=]; derived from ], significant input from ] and ], heavily influenced Baltic sign languages: ], ] and ] | |||
| |iso2=sgn-RU|iso3=rsl}} | |||
| ⚫ | ==External link== | ||
| '''Russian Sign Language''' is the ] of the ] community in ]. It has a grammar unlike the (spoken or written) ], although there is a "]" which has been used on television in interpreted news programs. | |||
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| The Moscow Bilingual School for the Deaf, which uses Russian Sign Language in classrooms, was opened in 1992. | |||
| Much of the early research on Russian Sign Language was done by Galina Lazarevna Zaitseva, who wrote her 1969 PhD thesis on spatial relationships in Russian Sign Language, and in 1992 devised the now standard term for Russian Sign Language "Russkii Zhestovyi Yazyk" (Russian: Русский Жестовый Язык). Ongoing research into the language takes place at the Centre for Deaf Studies in Moscow. | |||
| ==Use in films== | |||
| *'']'' ("Strana glukhikh" / "The Country of Deaf") (1998) | |||
| *'']'' (2005) | |||
| ==See also== | |||
| * ] | |||
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| * website of the charity that supports the Moscow Bilingual School for the Deaf | |||
| * : The signed languages of Eastern Europe | |||
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Russian Sign Language is a sign language for the deaf. It originated in 1806 and was taught in schools starting in 1878.
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