NOTE 1: 8 sign language user communities (Andorran, Finland-Swedish SL, German SL in Belgium, German SL in Luxembourg, Liechteinstein, Monaco, Italian SL in San Marino and Russian) had no access to sign language to sign language on public television during data collection (May 2022), so the actual number of communities covered was 43.

NOTE 2: all DURATIONS presented on this website (and in my dissertation) are weekly. All PERCENTAGES refer to weekly duration of all SL TV programmes broadcast for a single sign language user community.

Statistics → SL Interpreter Size → Interpreter size 3/10

Number Sign language community Time Entire time Percentage
1.Belarusian Sign Language0:25 /0:25(100%)
2.Croatian Sign Language0:50 /11:59(6.95%)
3.Czech Sign Language8:25 /23:14(36.23%)
4.Italian Sign Language (in Italy)0:30 /2:43(18.4%)
5.Kosovar Sign Language1:46 /1:46(100%)
6.Latvian Sign Language9:12 /9:12(100%)
7.Macedonian Sign Language1:40 /1:48(92.59%)
8.Sign Language in Moldova3:00 /3:00(100%)
9.Sign Language in Montenegro2:10 /2:10(100%)
10.Polish Sign Language20:11 /47:40(42.34%)
11.Portuguese Sign Language17:30 /76:12(22.97%)
12.Romanian Sign Language5:05 /10:05(50.41%)
13.Slovak Sign Language5:50 /6:52(84.95%)
14.Spanish Sign Language14:45 /15:15(96.72%)
15.Ukrainian Sign Language3:45 /3:45(100%)