Afghanistan
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==Notes== | ==Notes== |
Revision as of 21:20, 3 September 2010
Name of the country/area | Afghanistan |
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Formal name of the country/area | Islamic Republic of Afghanistan |
Country/area information | The World Factbook (CIA) |
Wikipedia (English) |
Indigenous signs for "Afghanistan"
Spoken languages
Dari (Afghan Persian)
Pashto
Sign languages
Population of Deaf/deaf people
The population of the signers of Afghan Sign Language: 500 (2007)
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
SERVE Progress Among Afghan Deaf Community
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 |