Alternate Names: AlbSL
Dialects: None known. Not similar to any other sign languages in the Balkan area.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 205,000 (Hoyer 2007).
Language Development: TV. Videos. Dictionary.
Writing System: Unwritten
Nation of Origin: Albania
Other Comments: AlbSL has strong influence from spoken Albanian, and makes heavy use of fingerspelling. After the collapse of communism, the language came into contact with International Sign and other sign languages, resulting in a lot of lexical borrowing (Hoyer 2007).