Alternate Names: Idioma de Señas de Nicaragua
Dialects: None known. Unrelated to El Salvadoran ,, Costa Rican ,, or other sign languages.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 3,000 (1997 ANSNIC).
Language Use: Increasing use among hearing people. Users know little Spanish [spa].
Language Development: Taught in primary and secondary schools. Dictionary.
Nation of Origin: Nicaragua
Other Comments: There was no strong Nicaraguan deaf community until the late 1970s when Nicaraguan Sign Language emerged among deaf children from the increased focus on deaf education and the establishment of deaf schools.