Deaf in Uruguay


Population
Sign Languages
Largest Religion
Christian
Evangelical
Progress
Progress Gauge

Introduction / History

Every Deaf community takes on the characteristics of the country they are in. Uruguayans in general are hard to reach for Christ; the Deaf community is even harder. Just putting an interpreter in a church is not the answer, especially when the Deaf do not have any Bible background or knowledge. Some have estimated that Deaf people attending a church with interpretive sign language alone understand only two percent of the message. However, their understanding increases to 100 percent when the entire worship service including the sermon is in sign language.


What Are Their Lives Like?

Although Deaf schools initially used oralism as the preferred communication philosophy in Deaf education, bilingual methods that incorporated sign language and Spanish began to be adopted into Deaf schools in 1989. There may be some variation in sign language use throughout the country, with some sources pointing to geographical region and age being sociolinguistic variables impacting language use, it still appears that the Uruguayan Deaf community uses a single sign language: Uruguayan Sign Language.


What Are Their Beliefs?

Like the general population, the deaf in Uruguay are mostly secular. Affluence has made Uruguay one of the least evangelized countries in South America.


What Are Their Needs?

The deaf community need educational and employment opportunities. The Uruguay Deaf Association and Center for the Investigation and Development of Deaf People are training interpreters to meet ongoing educational and social access needs. The Deaf in Urugu


Prayer Items

Pray for the Deaf in Uruguay to hunger for the Lord Jesus. Ask God to provide worship services in Uruguayan Sign Language. Pray for interpreters who love and relate to the deaf.


Scripture Prayers for the Deaf in Uruguay.


Profile Source:   Joshua Project  

People Name General Deaf
People Name in Country Deaf
Pronunciation def
Alternate Names
Population this Country 17,000
Population all Countries 50,266,000
Total Countries 216
Indigenous Yes
Progress Scale 3
Unreached No
Frontier People Group No
GSEC 1  (per PeopleGroups.org)
Pioneer Workers Needed
PeopleID3 19007
ROP3 Code 114916
Country Uruguay
Region America, Latin
Continent South America
10/40 Window No
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank Not ranked
Country Uruguay
Region America, Latin
Continent South America
10/40 Window No
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank Not ranked

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Primary Religion: Christianity
Major Religion Percent
Buddhism
0.00 %
Christianity  (Evangelical Unknown)
64.69 %
Ethnic Religions
7.10 %
Hinduism
0.00 %
Islam
0.10 %
Non-Religious
27.41 %
Other / Small
0.70 %
Unknown
0.00 %
Primary Language Uruguayan Sign Language (17,000 speakers)
Language Code ugy   Ethnologue Listing
Language Written Yes   ScriptSource Listing
Total Languages 1
Primary Language Uruguayan Sign Language (17,000 speakers)
Language Code ugy   Ethnologue Listing
Total Languages 1
People Groups Speaking Uruguayan Sign Language

Primary Language:  Uruguayan Sign Language

Bible Translation Status  (Years)
Bible-Portions Yes  (2021)
Bible-New Testament No
Bible-Complete No
Possible Print Bibles
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Resource Type Resource Name Source
Film / Video The Hope Video Mars Hill Productions
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Photo Source (Representative photo)
Kate Nelson/AusAID - Wikimedia  Creative Commons 
Profile Source Joshua Project 
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