Venezuelan Sign Language

Venezuelan Sign Language (VSL; Spanish: Lengua de se??as venezolana, LSV) is the national deaf sign language of Venezuela. The term, "Venezuelan Sign Language," began to be used in the 1930s. It is widely used, and Venezuela has a national bilingual education program for VSL and Spanish, though the language used by adults differs from that of the classroom. There is a large VSL dictionary published by the Federaci??n Venezolana de Sordos. VSL has been used in schools since 1937. Origin The first known references to a Deaf community which used a sign language in Venezuela date from the 1930s. In 1935, the first school for children who are deaf or hard of hearing, the Instituto Venezolano de Ciegos y Sordomudos (Venezuelan Blind and Deaf Institute), was founded in Caracas. That school served as the cradle for a small community of signers, who created a sign language out of many signs which the children...

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