Cambodia

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Indigenous signs for "Cambodia"

Illustrations in the literature

"Cambodia" (In: Japanese Federation of the Deaf ed. Supervisor: Hedberg, Tomas. 2003. Country name-signs. Helsinki, Finland: World Federation of the Deaf. 13.)

Spoken languages

Khmer

Sign languages

Population of Deaf/deaf people

Maryknoll Deaf Development Programme, Cambodia 's official or approximate number of Deaf　people: 85,000 ; Sign language users: 1,500.　(WFD. 2008. Global Survey Report. : See Bibliography below.)

Legal status of sign languages

Organizations and associations of the Deaf/deaf

Maryknoll Deaf Development Programe, Cambodia; established in 1997. (WFD. 2008. Global Survey Report. : See Bibliography below.)

Institutes, associations and universities for sign language studies

Education for the Deaf

Deaf Classes in Kompong Som Province

Including deaf children in education

• Access to Education from WFD. 2008. Global Survey Report. (See Bibliography below).

1.The government recognizes that Deaf children and Deaf students have the right to receive an education.

2.Legislation or policies on Deaf Education:

A new law on Education for All has just been drafted and will be approved.

3.The government provides those educational settings for Deaf children and Deaf students:

Vocational Education/Training

4.The government provides bilingual education using the country’s sign language(s) for Deaf children and Deaf students in those educational settings:

None

5.Total number of schools specifically for Deaf children and Deaf students in the country, and the educational approach for communicating with Deaf children and students at the Deaf School:

4 Deaf Schools and 45 Integrated Schools run by an NGO.

Oral and Sign Language (Total Communication)

6.Deaf people’s access to a University education and sign language interpreting services at University:

No Deaf person has ever finished high school. The university is not ready to accept Deaf people.　

No sign language interpreting service.

Deaf communities and cultures

Cambodia's Deaf wait for words of their own

The Cambodia Deaf Community

Religious activities by the Deaf

Famous Deaf persons and hearing persons concerned with sign languages

Sign language dictionaries

Bibliography

World Federation of the Deaf and Swedish National Association of the Deaf. 2008. Global Survey Report. WFD Regional Secretariat for Asia and the Pacific (WFD RSA/P). Global Education Pre-Planning Project on the Human Rights of Deaf People. World Federation of the Deaf. Finland.

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 ]

Researchers

History of sign language research

Events

Links

Deaf cultures and Sign Languages of the world: Cambodia

Notes