How to Say Sign Language in Other Languages

Afrikaans: gebaretaal (kheh-bah-reh-taal)

Albanian: gjuhë e shenjave (jyoo-uh eh shen-yah-veh)

Amharic: እግር ቋንቋ (ih-ger kwahn-kwah)

Arabic: لغة الإشارة (loo-ghat al-eesh-ah-rah)

Armenian: ժեստերի լեզու (zhess-teh-ree leh-zoo)

Azerbaijani: işarə dili (ee-shah-reh dee-lee)

Basque: keinu hizkuntza (kay-noo hees-koon-tzah)

Belarusian: мова жэстаў (mo-vah zheh-stow)

Bengali: সংকেত ভাষা (shon-ket bha-sha)

Bosnian: jezik znakova (yeh-zeek znah-ko-vah)

Bulgarian: език на жестовете (eh-zeek nah zhess-toh-ve-teh)

Burmese: သင်္ချာဘာသာ (thyin-khya-bah-tha)

Catalan: llengua de signes (lyen-gwah deh seeng-nes)

Cebuano: sinyas na wika (seen-yas nah wee-kah)

Chinese (Mandarin): 手语 (shoh yoo)

Croatian: znakovni jezik (znah-kohv-nee yeh-zeek)

Czech: znakový jazyk (znah-koh-vee yah-zeek)

Danish: tegnsprog (tahyn-sproh)

Dutch: gebarentaal (gheh-bah-ren-taal)

Esperanto: signolingvo (seeg-noh-leeng-voh)

Estonian: viipekeel (vee-peh-kehl)

Finnish: viittomakieli (veet-toh-mah-kee-eh-lee)

French: langue des signes (lahng deh seen-yah)

Galician: lingua de signos (leen-gwah deh seeg-nos)

Georgian: ჟესტების ენა (zhess-teh-bis eh-nah)

German: Gebärdensprache (geh-behr-dehn-shprah-kah)

Greek: νοηματική γλώσσα (no-ee-mah-tee-kee gloh-sah)

Gujarati: સંકેત ભાષા (sun-ket bha-sha)

Haitian Creole: langaj siy (lahn-gahj see-yee)

Hausa: harshen alamomi (har-shen ah-lah-moh-mee)

Hebrew: שפת הסימנים (sfaht ha-see-mah-neem)

Hindi: सांकेतिक भाषा (saan-keh-teek bha-sha)

Hungarian: jelnyelv (yel-nyelv)

Icelandic: táknmál (tahk-n-mahl)

Igbo: asụsụ ịrịba (ah-suh-soo ee-ree-bah)

Indonesian: bahasa isyarat (bah-hah-sah ee-sha-raht)

Irish: teanga chomharthaíochta (tang-ah koh-mar-hah-koo)

Italian: lingua dei segni (leen-gwah deh see-nyah)

Japanese: 手話 (shoo-wah)

Javanese: basa isyarat (bah-sah ee-sha-raht)

Kannada: ಸಂಜ್ಞಾ ಭಾಷೆ (sun-jnah bha-she)

Kazakh: ымдау тілі (um-dahw tee-lee)

Khmer: ភាសាសញ្ញា (pee-ah-sah sahn-nyah)

Korean: 수화 (soo-hwa)

Kurdish: zimanî nîşan (zee-mahn-nee nee-shahn)

Kyrgyz: колбелги тили (kol-bel-gee tee-lee)

Lao: ພາສາສັນຍາ (pah-sah sahn-nyah)

Latvian: zīmju valoda (zeem-yoo vah-loh-dah)

Lithuanian: ženklų kalba (zhehn-kloo kahl-bah)

Luxembourgish: Zeechesprooch (tseh-khess-prohkh)

Macedonian: знаковен јазик (znah-koh-ven yah-zeek)

Malagasy: teny famantarana (ten-ee fah-man-tah-rah-nah)

Malay: bahasa isyarat (bah-hah-sah ee-sha-raht)

Malayalam: സാകേതിക ഭാഷ (sah-keh-theek-a bha-sha)

Maltese: lingwa tas-sinjali (leen-gwah tahs seen-yah-lee)

Maori: reo tohu (reh-oh toh-hoo)

Marathi: सांकेतिक भाषा (saan-keh-teek bha-sha)

Mongolian: дохионы хэл (doh-khee-oh-nee khel)

Nepali: सङ्केत भाषा (sun-ket bha-sha)

Norwegian: tegnspråk (tayn-sprohk)

Odia: ସଂକେତିକ ଭାଷା (sun-ket-ik bha-sha)

Pashto: د نښو ژبه (dah nih-khoh zheh-bah)

Persian: زبان اشاره (zah-bahn eh-shah-reh)

Polish: język migowy (yen-zik mee-goh-vee)

Portuguese: língua de sinais (leen-gwah deh see-nays)

Punjabi: ਸੰਕੇਤਕ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ (sun-keh-tak bha-sha)

Romanian: limbaj semnelor (leem-bahj sem-neh-lor)

Russian: язык жестов (yah-zeek zhess-toff)

Samoan: gagana o faailoga (gah-gah-nah oh fah-ee-loh-gah)

Serbian: знаковни језик (znah-kohv-nee yeh-zeek)

Shona: mutauro wezviratidzo (moo-tah-oo-reh weh-zvee-rah-tee-zoh)

Sinhala: සංකේත භාෂාව (sun-keh-tha bha-shah-wah)

Slovak: posunkový jazyk (poh-soon-koh-vee yah-zeek)

Slovenian: znakovni jezik (znah-kohv-nee yeh-zeek)

Somali: luqadda calaamadaha (loo-kah-dah ah-lah-mah-dah-hah)

Spanish: lengua de señas (len-gwah deh sehn-yahs)

Sundanese: basa isyarat (bah-sah ee-sha-raht)

Swahili: lugha ya alama (loo-gah yah ah-lah-mah)

Swedish: teckenspråk (tehk-ken-sprohk)

Tagalog: wikang pasenyas (wee-kahng pah-sen-yahs)

Tajik: ишораи забон (ee-shoh-rah-ee zah-bon)

Tamil: சைகை மொழி (chai-gai moh-lee)

Telugu: సంకేత భాష (sun-ket bha-sha)

Thai: ภาษามือ (pah-sah meu)

Tigrinya: ቋንቋ ምልክት (kwahn-kwah mih-lee-ket)

Turkish: işaret dili (ee-shah-ret dee-lee)

Turkmen: yşarat dili (ee-shah-ret dee-lee)

Ukrainian: жестова мова (zhess-toh-vah moh-vah)

Urdu: اشارتی زبان (ee-sha-ra-tee zah-bahn)

Uzbek: imo-ishora tili (ee-moh ee-shoh-rah tee-lee)

Vietnamese: ngôn ngữ ký hiệu (ngohn ngoo kee hyeu)

Welsh: iaith arwyddion (yah-ith ah-roo-weth-yon)

Wolof: làkk u njañ (lahk oo n-jahn)

Xhosa: ulwimi lweempawu (ool-wee-mee lweem-pah-woo)

Yiddish: צייכן שפראך (tsey-khen shprah-kh)

Yoruba: ede afiṣe (eh-deh ah-fee-sheh)

Zulu: ulimi lwezandla (oo-lee-mee lweh-zahn-dlah)

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