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QuebecSignLanguage is a DeafSignLanguage of Canada. SIL code: FCS. ISO 639-2: sgn. Population: No estimate available. Region: Quebec, except northern Quebec, Ottawa, Northern Ontario, Bathurst New Brunswick, and a few in Vancouver and Edmonton. Alternate names: LANGUE SIGNE QUEBECARS, LANGUE DES SIGNES QUEBECOISE, LSQ. Comments: Related to French Sign Language (LSF). In northern Quebec, deaf people use ASL, with English the second language. Some use Signed French. Segregated deaf education by sex resulted in some lexical differences between the sexes, female use more influenced by ASL and LSQ, male by Signed French and LSQ. It is rare for a deaf child to learn both LSQ and ASL. A few adults have a working knowledge of both.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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