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 → Disability Aspects → Not applicable

Number Sign language community Time Entire time Percentage
1.Austrian Sign Language5:25 /5:25(100%)
2.Belarusian Sign Language0:25 /0:25(100%)
3.Belgian-French Sign Language4:35 /4:35(100%)
4.Sign Language in Bosnia and Herzegovina1:20 /2:15(59.26%)
5.British Sign Language10:00 /10:08(98.68%)
6.Bulgarian Sign Language4:35 /4:50(94.83%)
7.Catalan Sign Language10:50 /10:50(100%)
8.Croatian Sign Language11:09 /11:59(93.05%)
9.Cyprus Sign Language8:59 /8:59(100%)
10.Czech Sign Language21:46 /23:14(93.69%)
11.Danish Sign Language10:21 /12:27(83.13%)
12.Dutch Sign Language9:11 /9:11(100%)
13.Flemish Sign Language6:07 /6:07(100%)
14.French Sign Language (in France)4:22 /4:49(90.66%)
15.French Sign Language (in Switzerland)5:12 /5:20(97.5%)
16.German Sign Language (in Germany)3:25 /3:50(89.13%)
17.Greek Sign Language0:50 /0:50(100%)
18.Hungarian Sign Language0:50 /0:50(100%)
19.Icelandic Sign Language2:57 /2:57(100%)
20.Irish Sign Language9:03 /9:26(95.94%)
21.Italian Sign Language (in Italy)1:10 /2:43(42.94%)
22.Italian Sign Language (in Switzerland)3:30 /3:30(100%)
23.Kosovar Sign Language1:46 /1:46(100%)
24.Latvian Sign Language9:12 /9:12(100%)
25.Lithuanian Sign Language9:56 /9:56(100%)
26.Macedonian Sign Language1:40 /1:48(92.59%)
27.Sign Language in Moldova3:00 /3:00(100%)
28.Sign Language in Montenegro2:10 /2:10(100%)
29.Norwegian Sign Language17:09 /18:02(95.1%)
30.Polish Sign Language46:58 /47:40(98.53%)
31.Portuguese Sign Language76:12 /76:12(100%)
32.Romanian Sign Language9:40 /10:05(95.87%)
33.Serbian Sign Language2:55 /3:38(80.28%)
34.Slovak Sign Language5:50 /6:52(84.95%)
35.Slovene Sign Language7:50 /8:05(96.91%)
36.Spanish Sign Language14:45 /15:15(96.72%)
37.Swedish Sign Language5:46 /6:51(84.18%)
38.Swiss-German Sign Language8:05 /8:05(100%)
39.Ukrainian Sign Language3:45 /3:45(100%)