Austrian Sign Language, or Österreichische Gebärdensprache (ÖGS), is the sign language used by the Austrian Deaf community — approximately 10,000 people. (see Krausneker 2006)

Contents

• 1 Classification
• 2 Similarities to American Sign Language (ASL)
• 3 Researchs
• 4 Associations
• 5 See also
• 6 References
• 7 External links
• 8 Further reading

Classification

ÖGS and Hungarian Sign Language seem to be related for historical reasons (First School for the Deaf in Vienna) but there is no linguistic research on the matter and therefore no proof, yet. Although there are no detailed studies of the extent of relatedness, ÖGS shares aspects of its grammar with German Sign Language and Swiss Sign Language, while the vocabulary differs (see Skant et al. 2002); Wittmann (1991) places it in the French Sign Language family.

Similarities to American Sign Language (ASL)

The word for love is the same, palms open crossed over chest. The sign for agree is "same" in ASL, similar to agree although ÖGS does not touch the head first.

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