Alternate Names: Lengua de Señas Venezolana
Dialects: None known. Sign language used in school is different from that used by adults outside.
Genealogy:
Language Use: Schools for the deaf since 1937 which use sign language. Deaf people attend college with a sign language interpreter. National bilingual education program for Venezuelan Sign Language and Spanish [spa].
Language Development: Dictionary. Grammar.
Typology: Finger-spelling system.
Nation of Origin: Venezuela