Tanzanian Sign Language
From AASL
Language name | Tanzanian Sign Language |
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Region | Tanzania |
Language name
Tanzanian Sign Language
(Indigenous names) Lugha Ya Alama, "Lugha Ya Bubu”
Region
Population of signers
Tanzania Association of the Deaf's official or approximate number of Sign Language Users: 278,000. (WFD. 2008. Global Survey Report. : See Bibliography below.)
Language family
Dialects
Linguistic characteristics
History
Related sign languages
Related spoken languages
Institutes, associations and universities
Dictionaries
Muzale, HRT ed. 2004. Kamusi ya alama Tanzania(The Tanzanian sign language dictionary). Second edition. Dar es Salaam: Chama cha Viziwi Tanzania (Tanzanian Association of the Deaf) and Languages of Tanzania (LOT project - University of Dar es Salaam).
1993. Kamusi ya alama Tanzania(The Tanzanian sign language dictionary). First edition. Dar es Salaam: Chama cha Viziwi Tanzania (Tanzanian Association of the Deaf).
Bibliography
World Federation of the Deaf and Swedish National Association of the Deaf. 2008. Global Survey Report. WFD Regional Secretariat for Southern and Eastern Africa (WFD RSESA). Global Education Pre-Planning Project on the Human Rights of Deaf People. World Federation of the Deaf. Finland.
Anduru, Agoro. 1992. The development of sign language in Tanzania. In: East African Sign Language Seminar. Debre Zeit, Ethiopia, August 20-26, 1990. Helsinki : Finnish Association of the Deaf. 40-41.
Researchers
History of sign language research
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