The Malagasy Sign Language (, abbreviated TTN) is a sign language used for communication among hearing impaired people in Madagascar. An estimated 110,000 to 170,000 people (or 1% of the population of Madagascar) are deaf. It also shows similarities with Norwegian Sign Language because of the fact that the first deaf school in Madagascar was founded 1960 by the Malagasy Lutheran Church with the assistance of a number of Norwegians, including Norwegian teachers. That said, a large number of signs in Malagasy Sign seem to be completely unrelated to their Norwegian Sign counterparts. Seven deaf schools in Madagascar are being sponsored by Evangelical Lutherans.
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Malagasy Sign Language
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