Asia (general)
From AASL
Indigenous signs for "Asia"
Spoken languages
Sign languages
Population of Deaf/deaf people
Legal status of sign languages
Organizations and associations of the Deaf/deaf
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
Bibliography
DeCaro, James J. 2009. "Global eyes": A partnership between the Nippon Federation (Japan) and the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology (United States) In: Moores, Donald F. and Margery S. Miller eds. Deaf people around the world: Educational and social perspectives. Washington,DC: Gallaudet University Press. 345-351.
Chough, Steven and Kristina Dobyns. 2007. How Is Asian Deaf Culture Different from American Deaf Culture? In : Goodstein, Harvey ed. The Deaf Way II Reader : Perspectives from the Second International Conference on Deaf Culture. Washington,DC: Gallaudet University Press. 227-232.
Plue, Cynthia J. 2007. Asian Deaf Perspectives on Deaf Education. In : Goodstein, Harvey ed. The Deaf Way II Reader : Perspectives from the Second International Conference on Deaf Culture. Washington,DC: Gallaudet University Press. 107-113.
Kato, Mihoko. 2006. Foreign sign language studies section. In: Sign Language Communication Studies. Special issue: For the further development of JISLS. (Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies, Japanese Federation of the Deaf) 59 (2006.03) : 22-28.
Osugi, Yutaka. 2004. The ongoing project on "Practical dictionaries of Asian-Pacific sign languages". In: Sign Language Communication Studies. (Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies, Japanese Federation of the Deaf) 53(2004.09):12-20.[Including information of Asia (general), Cambodia, Hong Kong, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam ]
Monaghan, Leila. 2003. A world's eye view: Deaf cultures in global perspective. In: Monaghan, Leila, Constanze Schmaling, Karen Nakamura and Graham H. Turner eds. Many ways to be Deaf: International variation in Deaf communities. Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University Press. 1-24. [Including information of Africa (general), Asia (general), Oceania (general), Hausa Sign Language, Ban Khor Sign Language, Taiwanese Sign Language and Australasian Sign Language ]
Löwe, Armin. 1996. Die Erziehung und Bildung hörgeschädigter Kinder in süd- und ostasiatischen Ländern. In: Hörgeschädigtenpädagogik 50/2:128-136
Woodward, James. 1993. Lexical evidence for the existence of South Asian and East Asian sign language families. In: Journal of Asian Pacific communication 4(2): 91-106.
Researchers
History of sign language research
Events
Links
Deaf cultures and Sign Languages of the world: Asia
Signs of Development in Deaf South & South-West Asia: histories, cultural identities, resistance to cultural imperialism. The Independent Living Institute (ILI)
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 |