Swedish Sign Language [SEP] country of origin
Swedish Sign Language
Swedish Sign Language ("Svenskt teckenspråk" or SSL) is the sign language used in Sweden. It is recognized by the Swedish government as the country's official sign language, and hearing parents of deaf children are required to learn it. There are fewer than 10,000 speakers, making the language officially endangered.
History.
Swedish sign language first came into use in 1800. It does not stem from any other languages. In fact, this self-created language went on to influence Finnish sign
population is Finnish, which is part of the Finnic subgroup of the Uralic languages. The language is one of only four official EU languages not of Indo-European origin. Finnish is closely related to Karelian and Estonian and more remotely to the Sami languages and Hungarian. Swedish is the native language of 5.3% of the population (Swedish-speaking Finns).
The Nordic languages and Karelian are also specially treated in some contexts.
Finnish Romani is spoken by some 5,000–6,000 people; it and Finnish Sign Language are also