Chinese Sign Language
From AASL
Language name | Chinese Sign Language |
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Region | China, Malaysia |
Language name
Chinese Sign Language
(Zhongguo Shouyu)
Region
Malaysia (Peninsular)
Population of signers
20,040,000 deaf persons in China (2006 CDRF).
Language family
Dialects
Linguistic characteristics
History
Related sign languages
Related spoken languages
Institutes, associations and universities
Dictionaries
Yau, Shun-Chiu. 1997. The Chinese signs: Lexicon of the standart sign language for the deaf in China. Hong Kong, Paris : Ed. Lang. Croisés.
Zhong guo long ren xie hui ed. 1990.Zhong guo shou yu. Hua xia chu ban she: Beijing.
Bibliography
Mudgett-DeCaro, Patricia A. and James J. DeCaro. 2009. Postsecondary education for Deaf people in China. In: Moores, Donald F. and Margery S. Miller eds. Deaf people around the world: Educational and social perspectives. Washington,DC : Gallaudet University Press. 33-45.
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. 230-248. [Including information of Taiwan, Chinese Sign Language, Japanese Sign Language and Taiwanese Sign Language ]
Yau, Shun-Chiu. 1991. La langue des signes chinoise. In:Cahiers de linguistique Asie Orientale 20:1. 138-142.
Taylor, Allan R. 1956. The Shanghai gesture. In: Folklore Fellows' Communication No. 166. Helsinki: Academia Scientiarum Fennica (Finnish Academy of Science and Letters).[Including information of Shanghai Sign Language]
Researchers
History of sign language research
Related pages
Links
Notes
East Asia | Amami O Shima Sign Language | Chinese Sign Language | Japanese Sign Language | Korean Sign Language : North Korea | Korean Sign Language : South Korea | Mongolian Sign Language |
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Southeast Asia | Bali Sign Language | Ban Khor Sign Language | Benkala Sign Language | Hill Country Sign Language | Indonesian Sign Language | Kuala Lumpur Sign Language | Laos Sign Language | Malaysian Sign Language | Original Bangkok Sign Language | Original Chiangmai Sign Language | Penang Sign Language | Philippine Sign Language | Selangor Sign Language | Singapore Sign Language | Thai Sign Language | Vietnamese Sign Language |
South Asia | Bengali Sign Language | Jhankot Sign Language | Jumla Sign Language | Indian Sign Language | Indo-Pakistan Sign Language | Naga Sign Language | Nepalese Sign Language | Sri Lankan Sign Language |
West Asia | Afghan Sign Language |
Areas and others | Hong Kong Sign Language | Macao Sign Language | Taiwanese Sign Language |