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.

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Number Sign language community Time Entire time Percentage
1.Albanian Sign Language1:15 /1:15(100%)
2.Austrian Sign Language2:55 /5:25(53.85%)
3.Belarusian Sign Language0:25 /0:25(100%)
4.Belgian-French Sign Language4:35 /4:35(100%)
5.Sign Language in Bosnia and Herzegovina2:15 /2:15(100%)
6.British Sign Language10:00 /10:08(98.68%)
7.Bulgarian Sign Language4:35 /4:50(94.83%)
8.Catalan Sign Language10:50 /10:50(100%)
9.Croatian Sign Language10:09 /11:59(84.7%)
10.Cyprus Sign Language8:59 /8:59(100%)
11.Czech Sign Language11:50 /23:14(50.93%)
12.Danish Sign Language8:21 /12:27(67.07%)
13.Dutch Sign Language9:11 /9:11(100%)
14.Estonian Sign Language0:49 /0:49(100%)
15.Finnish Sign Language0:35 /0:45(77.78%)
16.Flemish Sign Language6:07 /6:07(100%)
17.French Sign Language (in France)4:22 /4:49(90.66%)
18.French Sign Language (in Switzerland)3:30 /5:20(65.63%)
19.German Sign Language (in Germany)3:25 /3:50(89.13%)
20.Greek Sign Language0:50 /0:50(100%)
21.Hungarian Sign Language0:50 /0:50(100%)
22.Icelandic Sign Language2:57 /2:57(100%)
23.Irish Sign Language0:23 /9:26(4.06%)
24.Italian Sign Language (in Italy)2:13 /2:43(81.6%)
25.Italian Sign Language (in Switzerland)3:30 /3:30(100%)
26.Kosovar Sign Language1:46 /1:46(100%)
27.Latvian Sign Language4:14 /9:12(46.01%)
28.Lithuanian Sign Language7:39 /9:56(77.01%)
29.Macedonian Sign Language1:40 /1:48(92.59%)
30.Maltese Sign Language1:45 /1:45(100%)
31.Sign Language in Moldova3:00 /3:00(100%)
32.Sign Language in Montenegro2:10 /2:10(100%)
33.Norwegian Sign Language8:22 /18:02(46.4%)
34.Polish Sign Language14:29 /47:40(30.38%)
35.Portuguese Sign Language45:32 /76:12(59.76%)
36.Romanian Sign Language9:40 /10:05(95.87%)
37.Serbian Sign Language2:55 /3:38(80.28%)
38.Slovak Sign Language6:39 /6:52(96.84%)
39.Slovene Sign Language5:58 /8:05(73.81%)
40.Spanish Sign Language14:45 /15:15(96.72%)
41.Swedish Sign Language1:05 /6:51(15.82%)
42.Swiss-German Sign Language5:24 /8:05(66.8%)
43.Ukrainian Sign Language3:45 /3:45(100%)