Turkish Sign Language
| Turkish Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| Türk İşaret Dili | |
| Native to | Turkey, Northern Cyprus |
| Signers | 250,000 (2021) |
Early form | Possibly from Ottoman Sign Language
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tsm |
| Glottolog | turk1288 |
Turkish Sign Language (Turkish: Türk İşaret Dili, TİD) is the language used by the deaf community in Turkey. As with other sign languages, TİD has a unique grammar that is different from the oral languages used in the region.
TİD uses a two-handed manual alphabet which is very different from the two-handed alphabets used in the BANZSL sign languages. It also uses the tongue in certain phrases.