title: Finland-Swedish Sign Language
text: # Finland-Swedish Sign Language
  
  Finland-Swedish Sign Language (FinSSL) is a moribund sign language in Finland. It is now used only in private settings by older adults who attended the only Swedish school for the deaf in Finland (in Porvoo, Swedish: Borgå), which was established in the mid-19th century by Carl Oscar Malm but closed in 1993. Some 90 persons have it as their native language. FinSSL is said to be a distinct language; however, "Finland-Swedish Deaf have few problems understanding Finnish signers". There had been, moreover, continuous input from Swedish Sign Language over its history.
  
  Swedish Sign Language family tree :
  
  | | | | | | | Old British Sign Language? (c. 1760–1900) | Old British Sign Language? (c. 1760–1900) | Old British Sign Language? (c. 1760–1900) | Old British Sign Language? (c. 1760–1900) | Old British Sign Language? (c. 1760–1900) | Old British Sign Language? (c. 1760–1900) |
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  | | | | | | | Swedish Sign Language (c. 1800–present) | Swedish Sign Language (c. 1800–present) | Swedish Sign Language (c. 1800–present) | Swedish Sign Language (c. 1800–present) | Swedish Sign Language (c. 1800–present) | Swedish Sign Language (c. 1800–present) | | | | | | |
  | Portuguese Sign Language (c. 1820–present) | Portuguese Sign Language (c. 1820–present) | Portuguese Sign Language (c. 1820–present) | Portuguese Sign Language (c. 1820–present) | Portuguese Sign Language (c. 1820–present) | Portuguese Sign Language (c. 1820–present) | Finnish Sign Language (c. 1850–present) | Finnish Sign Language (c. 1850–present) | Finnish Sign Language (c. 1850–present) | Finnish Sign Language (c. 1850–present) | Finnish Sign Language (c. 1850–present) | Finnish Sign Language (c. 1850–present) |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | Finland-Swedish Sign Language (c. 1850–present) | Finland-Swedish Sign Language (c. 1850–present) | Finland-Swedish Sign Language (c. 1850–present) | Finland-Swedish Sign Language (c. 1850–present) | Finland-Swedish Sign Language (c. 1850–present) | Finland-Swedish Sign Language (c. 1850–present) | Eritrean Sign Language (c. 1950–present) | Eritrean Sign Language (c. 1950–present) | Eritrean Sign Language (c. 1950–present) | Eritrean Sign Language (c. 1950–present) | Eritrean Sign Language (c. 1950–present) | Eritrean Sign Language (c. 1950–present) |
  