Iranian Sign Language

Iranian Sign Language
Persian Sign Language
Native toIran
Ethnicity3.0 million Deaf people in Iran (2019)
Native speakers
250,000 (2021)
Language codes
ISO 639-3psc
Glottologpers1244

Iranian Sign Language (ISL) is the sign language used by Deaf and hard-of-hearing people in Iran. It is a true sign language, unlike the Baghcheban phonetic hand alphabet, which is a form of cued speech.