Belgian Sign Language, now generally known as Flemish Sign Language or French Belgian (Walloon) Sign Language depending on the ethnicity of the community, is the deaf sign language of Belgium, a country in Western Europe. The Flemish Deaf community is estimated to include approximately 6,000 sign-language users (Loots et al., 2003).
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