Philippine Sign Language
From AASL
| Language name | Philippine Sign Language |
|---|---|
| Region | Philippines |
Language name
Philippine Sign Language
(Filipino Sign Language, FSL)
Region
Population of signers
100,000 deaf persons (Van Cleve 1986).
Language family
Dialects
Linguistic characteristics
History
Related sign languages
Related spoken languages
Institutes, associations and universities
Dictionaries
MacFadden, Jane. 1977. Sign as you speak. Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines: Southeast Asian Institute for the Deaf.
Bibliography
Philippine Federation of the Deaf. 2007. Status Report on the use of sign language in the Philippines. PFD(Philippine Federation of the Deaf) unpublished report.
Philippine Federation of the Deaf. 2005. A compilation of signs from regions of the Philippines. Part 1. Quezon City: LFS Printing Services, Inc.
Mori, Soya. 2005. The dawn of the Philippine Deaf community : The early years of deaf education for the Deaf in the Philippines. In: Sign Language Communication Studies (Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies, Japanese Federation of the Deaf) 56(2005.06) :12-21.
Martinez, Liza B. PhD. 2005. Filipino sign Language: Understanding the past and looking to the future. In: Sign Language Communication Studies (Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies, Japanese Federation of the Deaf) 56(2005.06) :2-11.
Osugi, Yutaka. 2005. About this issue(Foreword): The movements of Deaf people and their community in Philippine. In: Sign Language Communication Studies (Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies, Japanese Federation of the Deaf) 56(2005.06) :1.
Philippine Deaf Resource Center and Philippine Federation of the Deaf. 2004. An Introduction to Filipino Sign Language. Quezon City: Studio Graphics.
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 ]
Nakayama, Sinichiro. 2004. Make a Comparison of Word Order between Sign Language and Language for writing : From study about sign language used in Asia and Africa. In: Sign Language Communication Studies (Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies, Japanese Federation of the Deaf) 52(2004.06):22-26. [Including information of [ Ghana, Zambia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines and Thailand ]
Kobayashi, Masayuki． 1999. Deaf in Asia(3) : The Philippines. In: Sign Language Communication Studies (Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies, Japanese Federation of the Deaf) 31(1999.03) :81-84.
Martinez, Liza.B. 1995. Turn-taking and eye gaze in sign conversations between Deaf Filipinos. In: Ceil Lucas ed., Sociolinguistics in deaf communities. Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University Press. :272-306.
Martinez, Liza.B. 1995. Filipino Sign Language: may kaugnauyan at kabuluhan ba sa Deaf education? Tan Chi King Professorial Chair Lecture. De La Salle University.
Martinez, Liza.B. 1994. A linguistic study of some aspects of Pilipino Sign Language in Manila and Cebu. Unpublished manuscript. Department of Linguistics and Interpreting. Gallaudet University. Washington D.C.
Martinez, Liza B. 1993. Eye-gaze as an element in Filipino Sign Language discourse. In: Winston, Elisabeth A. ed. Communication forum. volume 2. Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University, School of Communication. 99-112.
Saulo, Ligaya Gamez. (1990？). Say it with signs: a sign language handbook for Filipinos. Philippine Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf.
Shaneyfelt, S. Wayne. 1987. Sign languages : Philippine. In : Van Cleve, John V. (editor in chief), Gallaudet College eds. Gallaudet encyclopedia of deaf people and deafness. New York : McGraw-Hill. vol.3. 97-98.
Gorton, L. 1984. A gift of love and language. Deaf education and Peace Corps in the Philippines. In :Salaysayan.(December 1984): 18-20.
1976. People of the Silent World. Philippine Association of the Deaf, Inc. Makati: Philippine
Researchers
History of sign language research
Related pages
Links
Notes
| East Asia | Amami O Shima Sign Language | Chinese Sign Language | Japanese Sign Language | Korean Sign Language : North Korea | Korean Sign Language : South Korea | Mongolian Sign Language |
|---|---|
| Southeast Asia | Bali Sign Language | Ban Khor Sign Language | Benkala Sign Language | Hill Country Sign Language | Indonesian Sign Language | Kuala Lumpur Sign Language | Laos Sign Language | Malaysian Sign Language | Original Bangkok Sign Language | Original Chiangmai Sign Language | Penang Sign Language | Philippine Sign Language | Selangor Sign Language | Singapore Sign Language | Thai Sign Language | Vietnamese Sign Language |
| South Asia | Bengali Sign Language | Jhankot Sign Language | Jumla Sign Language | Indian Sign Language | Indo-Pakistan Sign Language | Naga Sign Language | Nepalese Sign Language | Sri Lankan Sign Language |
| West Asia | Afghan Sign Language |
| Areas and others | Hong Kong Sign Language | Macao Sign Language | Taiwanese Sign Language |
