Singapore
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(WFD member, cited from [http://www.wfdeaf.org/members.aspx WFD website]) | (WFD member, cited from [http://www.wfdeaf.org/members.aspx WFD website]) | ||
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
+ | [http://www.theinterpretersfriend.org/indj/dcoew/singapore.html Deaf cultures and Sign Languages of the world: Singapore] | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== |
Revision as of 14:11, 16 July 2010
Name of the country/area | Singapore |
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Formal name of the country/area | Republic of Singapore |
Country/area information | The World Factbook (CIA) |
Wikipedia (English) |
Indigenous signs for "Singapore"
Illustrations in the literature
"Singapore" (In: Japanese Federation of the Deaf ed. Supervisor: Hedberg, Tomas. 2003. Country name-signs. Helsinki, Finland: World Federation of the Deaf. 13.)
Spoken languages
Malay
English
Chinese
Tamil
Sign languages
Related sign languages:
Population of Deaf/deaf people
The population of the signers of Singapore Sign Language: 3,000. Very few monolinguals (2007 SIL).
Legal status of sign languages
Organizations and associations of the Deaf/deaf
The Singapore Association for the Deaf (WFD member, cited from WFD website)
Institutes, associations and universities for sign language studies
Education for the deaf
Deaf communities and cultures
Religious activities by the Deaf
Famous Deaf persons and hearing persons concerned with sign languages
Sign language dictionaries
Singapore Association for the Deaf Sign Language Committee. 1990. Sign for Singapore. Singapore: Time Books International.
Bibliography
Mangrubang, Fred R. 2009. Educating Deaf and hard of hearing students in Singapore. In: Moores, Donald F. and Margery S. Miller eds. Deaf people around the world: Educational and social perspectives. Washington,DC: Gallaudet University Press. 68-87.
Maliki Osman. 31-Aug-05. The Official Opening of The NKF CMF-SGH Centre for Hearing and Cochlear Implants and Commemorating SGH's 223rd Cochlear Implantation. [Speech presented at the official opening of the NKF CMF-SGH Centre for hearing and cochlear implants, Singapore General Hospital, ENT Centre, Singapore. Retrieved July 14, 2006 from http://www.moh.gov.sg/mohcorp]
Kato, Mihoko and Nobuyuki Honnna. 2005. Deaf people and their sign language in Singapore. In: Sign Language Communication Studies. (Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies, Japanese Federation of the Deaf) 56(2005.06) :59-65.
Ho., Jenny S.M. 2004, January 8. Help for hearing impaired students. In : Strait Times.[Retrieved June 25, 2006, from http://www.moe.gov.sg/media/forum/2004/forum_letters/13022004.pdf]
Kobayashi, Masayuki. 2000. Deaf in Asia(6): Singapore. In: Sign Language Communication Studies. (Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies, Japanese Federation of the Deaf) 35(2000.03) :44-46.
Researchers
History of sign language research
Events
Links
Deaf cultures and Sign Languages of the world: Singapore
Notes
Asia (general) | Asia (general) |
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East Asia | China | Japan | Mongolia | North Korea | South Korea |
Southeast Asia | Brunei | Cambodia | East Timor | Indonesia | Laos | Malaysia | Myanmar | Philippines | Singapore | Thailand | Vietnam |
South Asia | Bangladesh | Bhutan | India | Maldives | Nepal | Pakistan | Sri Lanka |
West Asia | Afghanistan |
Areas and others | Hong Kong | Macau | Taiwan |