Qatari Unified Sign Language (Arabic: لغة الإشارة القطرية, romanized: Lughat al-Ishārah al-Qaṭarīyah) is a proposal by the Qatari Supreme Council for Family Affairs to unify the deaf sign language, or perhaps languages, of Qatar. A dictionary has been published. The council’s description suggests that sign language in Qatar may belong to the Arab Sign Language family.[1]
^a Sign-language names reflect the region of origin. Natural sign languages are not related to the spoken language used in the same region. For example, French Sign Language originated in France, but is not related to French. Conversely, ASL and BSL both originated in English-speaking countries but are not related to each other; ASL however is related to French Sign Language.
^b Denotes the number (if known) of languages within the family. No further information is given on these languages.
