Afghanistan

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	==Sign language dictionaries==		==Sign language dictionaries==
		+	Serve. 2001. ''Regional Sign Language Dictionary Second edition.'' Jalalabad.
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		+	Serve. 1995. ''Afghan Sign Language, Book One.'' Peshawar: [http://serve-afghanistan.squarespace.com/hearing-impaired SERVE].
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		+	Centre for Disability Service. 1991. ''Dari: Zaban Ishara [Sign Language.]'' Kabul: Centre for Disability Service.
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	==Bibliography==		==Bibliography==
		+	Comprehensive Disabled Afghans' Project. 1999. ''National Workshop on Development of Afghan Sign Language: 8–10 February 1999.'' Peshawar.
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	==Researchers==		==Researchers==

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Basic information of the country/area

Name of the country/area	Afghanistan
Formal name of the country/area	Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Country/area information	The World Factbook (CIA)
	Wikipedia (English)

Contents 1 Indigenous signs for "Afghanistan" 2 Spoken languages 3 Sign languages 4 Population of Deaf/deaf people 5 Legal status of sign languages 6 Organizations and associations of the Deaf/deaf 7 Institutes, associations and universities for sign language studies 8 Education for the deaf 9 Deaf communities and cultures 10 Religious activities by the Deaf 11 Famous Deaf persons and hearing persons concerned with sign languages 12 Sign language dictionaries 13 Bibliography 14 Researchers 15 History of sign language research 16 Events 17 Links 18 Notes

Indigenous signs for "Afghanistan"

Spoken languages

Dari (Afghan Persian)

Pashto

Sign languages

Afghan Sign Language

Population of Deaf/deaf people

The population of the signers of Afghan Sign Language: 500 (2007)

Ethnologue, 16th Edition

Legal status of sign languages

Organizations and associations of the Deaf/deaf

Afghanistan National Association of 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

Serve. 2001. Regional Sign Language Dictionary Second edition. Jalalabad.

Serve. 1995. Afghan Sign Language, Book One. Peshawar: SERVE.

Centre for Disability Service. 1991. Dari: Zaban Ishara [Sign Language.] Kabul: Centre for Disability Service.

Bibliography

Comprehensive Disabled Afghans' Project. 1999. National Workshop on Development of Afghan Sign Language: 8–10 February 1999. Peshawar.

Researchers

History of sign language research

Events

Links

Deaf cultures and Sign Languages of the world: Afghanistan

Notes

Countries and areas of Asia

Asia (general)	Asia (general)
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