name for the sign language used in Iran, also referred to as Farsi Sign Language, Persian Sign Language, and Zaban Eshareh Irani (ZEI, Persian: زبان اشاره...

perhaps three hundred sign languages in use around the world today. The number is not known with any confidence; new sign languages emerge frequently through...

the Perso-Arabic script, is the right-to-left alphabet used for the Persian language. It is a variation of the Arabic alphabet with five additional letters:...

diversity means that the languages of Iran come from a number of linguistic origins, although the primary language spoken and used is Persian. The Constitution...

American Sign Language (ASL) is a natural language that serves as the predominant sign language of deaf communities in the United States and most of Anglophone...

Plains Indian Sign Language (PISL), also known as Hand Talk or Plains Sign Language, is an endangered language common to various Plains Nations across...

The following are sign languages reported to be used by at least 10,000 people. Additional languages, such as Chinese Sign Language, are likely to have...

language. It descended from Old Persian, the language of the Achaemenid Empire and is the linguistic ancestor of Modern Persian, an official language...

native speakers of the Persian language as well as of the languages that are closely related to Persian. The ancient Persians were originally an ancient...

term, Judeo-Persian refers to a number of Judeo-Iranian languages spoken by Jewish communities throughout the formerly extensive Persian Empire, including...