Ukrainian Sign Language
| Ukrainian Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Ukraine |
Native speakers | 54,000 (2008) |
French Sign
| |
| Official status | |
| Regulated by | Department of Sign Language Education at the Institute of Special Education of National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ukl |
| Glottolog | ukra1235 |
Ukrainian Sign Language (USL) (Ukrainian: Українська жестова мова (УЖМ), romanized: Ukrayinska zhestova mova (UZhM)) is the sign language of the deaf community of Ukraine. Ukrainian Sign Language belongs to the family of French sign languages. Worldwide awareness of Ukrainian Sign Language rose sharply in 2014 after the release of a Ukrainian film The Tribe, where actors communicated in Ukrainian Sign Language with no spoken dialogue.