China
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==Population of Deaf/deaf people== | ==Population of Deaf/deaf people== | ||
| - | 20,040,000 deaf persons in China (2006 CDRF). | + | 20,040,000 deaf persons in China (2006 [http://www.cdrf.org.cn/ CDRF]). |
[http://www.ethnologue.com/ Ethnologue, 16th Edition] | [http://www.ethnologue.com/ Ethnologue, 16th Edition] | ||
Revision as of 15:52, 31 December 2009
| Name of the country/area | China |
|---|---|
| Formal name of the country/area | People's Republic of China |
| Country/area information | The World Factbook(CIA) |
| Wikipedia(English) |
Indigenous signs for "China"
Movies
Sign of country name "China" (Data offered by Deaf informants in China; movie made by Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies)
Illustrations in the literature
"China" (In: Japanese Federation of the Deaf ed. Supervisor: Hedberg, Tomas. 2003. Country name-signs. Helsinki, Finland: World Federation of the Deaf. 15.)
Spoken languages
Chinese
Sign languages
Population of Deaf/deaf people
20,040,000 deaf persons in China (2006 CDRF).
Legal status of sign languages
Organizations and associations of the Deaf/deaf
China Association of the Deaf, China Disabled Persons' Federation (WFD member, cited from WFD website)
http://www.cdpf.org.cn/zmxh/longren/index.htm
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
Zhong guo long ren xie hui ed. 1990.Zhong guo shou yu. Hua xia chu ban she: Beijing.
Bibliography
Ann, Jean. 2003. The Chiying school in Taiwan: A foreigner's perspective. In: Monaghan, Leila, Constanze Schmaling, Karen Nakamura and Graham H. Turner eds. Many ways to be Deaf: International variation in Deaf communities. Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University Press. 230, 233.
Yau, Shun-Chiu. 1991. La langue des signes chinoise. In:Cahiers de linguistique Asie Orientale 20:1. 138-142.
China Deaf and Blind Association. 1981. Long ya ren tong yang shou yu tu (Deaf persons common sign language manual). Shanghai: China Deaf and Blind Association.
Yan, Shun Chiu, and Jingxian He. 1989. How deaf children in a Chinese school get their name signs. In: Sign language studies 65, 305-322.
Yan, Shun Chiu. 1977. The Chinese signs: Lexicon of the standard sign language for the deaf in china. Kowloon and Hong Kong: Chiu Ming Publishers.
Researchers
History of sign language research
Events
Links
Sign Languages in Asia: China (Data offered by Deaf informants in China; movies made by Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies)
Notes
| 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 |
