Iraqi Sign Language

Iraqi Sign Language is the deaf sign language of Iraq. It appears to be close to Levantine Arabic [Sign Language] the common sign language of Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, and Jordan. It is taught in seven schools or deaf associations in the capital of Baghdad and 5 other cities.

Related Sign Languages

In research done on Jordanian Sign Language, word lists from Baghdad were collected and compared to sign language from five other countries. It was found to have over 50% lexical similarities with the sign languages of Jordan and Syria