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PolishSignLanguage is a DeafSignLanguage of Poland. SIL code: PSO. ISO 639-2: sgn. Population: (50,000 deaf, 25,000 members of Polish Association of the Deaf, 1986 Gallaudet Univ.). Comments: Various regional dialects. Not intelligible with ASL. 5,000 deaf children in deaf schools, plus 1,000 who attend school with hearing children. There is a committee for the unification of Polish Sign Language. Used since 1889. Elementary schools for deaf children since 1817. Signed interpretation required in court, provided for some college students and in important public events. Sign language instruction for parents of deaf children. Many sign language classes for hearing people. There is a committee on national sign language. There is a manual system for spelling. Dictionary. Grammar. Films, TV, videos.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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