What is Austrian Sign Language?
{{Infobox language |name=Austrian Sign Language |nativename=''Österreichische Gebärdensprache'' (ÖGS) |speakers=10,000 |date=2006 |familycolor=Sign |fam1=[[French Sign Language family|French Sign]] |fam2=[[Austo-Hungarian Sign Language|Austo-Hungarian Sign]] |states=[[Austria]] |iso3=asq }} '''Austrian Sign Language''' (German: Österreichischer Gebärdensprache or ÖGS) is the [[sign language]] used by the [[Austria]]n [[deaf]] community. There are about 10,000 people who use it and it was legally recognized by the Austrian Parliament on September 1, 2005. Learning ÖGS is based on the German spoken language in Austria and shares a similar grammatical structure to German Sign Language. [[Category:Sign languages]] [[Category:Austrian culture]] {{Europe-stub}}