Guatelmalan Sign Language is the national deaf sign language used in Guatemala

Guatemala

Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...

. The first dictionary was published in 2000. It is distinct from the sign languages used in Mexico and other neighboring Spanish speaking

Spanish language

Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

 countries, and from Highland Maya Sign Language, which is used among K'iche' Maya of rural Guatemala.

Sources

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• Sign Languages of the World, by Name – Gallaudet University Library|coauthors=(ed.) |year=2009 |chapter=Guatemalan Sign Language|title=Ethnologue: Languages of the World
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