Alternate Names: Lengua de Señas Argentina, LSA
Dialects: Córdoba Sign Language. Some regional variation (e.g. between Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Mendoza), but most deaf people ignore differences and strongly identify with one national sign language (2013 R. Caceres).
Genealogy:
Language Use: 37 Deaf schools, some of which use LSA in class. Sign language stories and drama on film. A committee for a national sign language, and organizations for sign language teachers and interpreters.
Language Development: Videos. Dictionary.
Nation of Origin: Argentina
Other Comments: Deaf schools began in 1885. Historical relationship to Italian Sign Language , (Zeshan, Delgado, Dikyuva, Panda and deVos 2013 ).