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Russian Sign Language is the sign language of the Deaf community in Russia. It has a grammar unlike the (spoken or written) Russian language with much stricter word order and word formation rules. Russian Sign Language belongs to a family of French Sign Language. Vocabulary from Austrian Sign Language also heavily influences Russian Sign Language.Russian Sign Language (РЖЯ) has its own grammar and is used by Deaf Russians in everyday communication.

family
Austrian Sign Language, French Sign Language family
spoken in
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Estonia

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