India

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Indigenous signs for "India"

Movies

Sign of country name "India" (Data offered by Deaf informants in India; movie made by Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies)

Illustrations in the literature

"India" (In: Japanese Federation of the Deaf ed. Supervisor: Hedberg, Tomas. 2003. Country name-signs. Helsinki, Finland: World Federation of the Deaf. 10.)

Spoken languages

Hindi

English

Assamese

Bengali

Bodo, Dogri

Gujarati

Kannada

Kashmiri

Konkani

Maithili

Malayalam

Manipuri

Marathi

Nepali

Oriya

Punjabi

Sanskrit

Santhali

Sindhi

Tamil

Telugu

Urdu

Sign languages

Indian Sign Language

Indo-Pakistan Sign Language

Extinct sign languages:

Naga Sign Language

Population of Deaf/deaf people

The population of the signers of Indian Sign Language: 2,680,000 in India (2003).

Ethnologue, 16th Edition

Legal status of sign languages

Organizations and associations of the Deaf/deaf

All India Federation 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

Naseoh(The National Society for Equal Opportunities for the Handicapped). 1978-80. Talking Hands. Sign Language Book. Bombay: National Society for Equal Opportunities for the Handicapped.(Sign vocabulary dictionary of "about 2,500 words and word parts (the grammatical elements of language)".

Vasishta, Madan, James Woodward and Susan de Santis. 1987. An introduction to the Calcutta variety of Indian Sign Language. Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University Press (Gallaudet Research Institute Monograph, No. 4) [Including information of Calcutta Sign Language ]

Vasishta, Madan, James Woodward and Susan de Santis. 1986. An introduction to the Bombay variety of Indian Sign Language. Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University Press (Gallaudet Research Institute Monograph, No. 4) [Including information of Bombay Sign Language ]

Vasishta, Madan, James Woodward and Susan deSantis 1985. An introduction to the Bangalore variety of Indian Sign Language. Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University Press (Gallaudet Research Institute Monograph, No. 4) [Including information of Bangalore-Madras Sign Language ]

Vasishta, Madan, James Woodward and Susan de Santis. 1980. An introduction to Indian Sign Language (focus on Delhi). College Park, Md.: Sign Language Research [also pub. New Delhi: All India Federation of the Deaf, 1980]. [Including information of Delhi Sign Language ]

Bibliography

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Dasgupta, Tirthankar, Sandipan Dandpat and Anupam Basu. 2008. Prototype Machine Translation System From Text-To-Indian Sign Language. In: IJCNLP(International Joint Conference on Natural Language Processing)-08 Workshop on NLP(Natural Language Processing) for Less Privileged Languages. Proceedings of the Workshop. 11. January, 2008, IIIT, Hyderabad, India. Asian Federation of Natural Language Processing. 19-26.

Randhawa, Surinder P.K. 2005. A status study of special needs schools for the Deaf and indentification of intervention areas. Roorkee, India. Indian Institute of Technology. Unpublished PhD thesis.

Zeshan, Ulrike, Madan M. Vasishta, Meher Sethna. 2005. Implementation of Indian Sign Language in Educational Settings. In: Asia Pacific disability rehabilitation journal. January, 2005.

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Miles, M. 2001. Signs of development in Deaf south and south-west Asia: Histories, cultural identities, resistance to cultural imperialism. In.: Alison Callaway ed. Deafness and development. Bristol, U.K. : University of Bristol, Centre for Deaf studies.

Program for training teachers. 2001. In.: American annals of the Deaf.146(2) : 184.

Zeshan, Ulrike. 2001. Mouthing in Indopakistani Sign Language: Regularities and Variation. To appear in: Boyes-Braem, Penny & Rachel Sutton-Spence eds. The Hands are the Head of the Mouth. Hamburg, Germany: Signum. 247-272.

Patil, Shilpa and C. Y. Gopinath. 2000. Exploring the Sexual Vulnerability of Urban Deaf Indians. Mumbai: Project Signpost.

2000. India. In : Turkington, Carol, and Allen E. Sussman eds. The encyclopedia of deafness and hearing disorders, second edition. New York : Facts on File. 110.

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Zeshan, Ulrike. 2000. Gebärdensprachen des indischen Subkontinents. München: Lincom Europa (Linguistic Research Forum, 4)

Zeshan, Ulrike. 2000. Sign language in Indo-Pakistan: a description of a signed language. Philadelphia: John Benjamins Pub.

Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped. 2000. Directory of rehabilitation resources for persons with hearing impairment in India. Bombay : Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped.

Adenwalla, Dhun Dinaz. 1999. Education of the deaf in India. In: William H. Brelje ed. Global perspectives on the education of the deaf. Hillsboro, Oregon: Butte. 181-189

Verma, Surendre M. 1999. Social Integration of the Deaf: a study of Delhi. New Delhi: Northern Book Centre.

Zeshan, Ulrike. 1999. Functions of the index in IPSL.(= Indo-Pakistan Sign Language) In: Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research Conference (TISLR6), Washington, D.C., Nov. 1998. Manuscript

Zeshan, Ulrike. 1999. Perspective and context in Indopakistan Sign Language Discourse. Paper presented at the 6th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference. Manuscript

Deshmukh, D. 1998. Sign language and bilingualism in deaf education. In : Immanuel, S. Prabaka. et al eds. Listening to Sounds and Signs. 55-63.

Immanuel, S. Prabaka., Claudia Koenig and Sian Tesni. 1998. Listening to sounds and signs: Trends in deaf education and communication. Bangalore : Christoffel-blindenmission and books for change.

Tesini, Sian .1998. Service provision for children with deafness and hearing impairment in South India and Sri Lanka. In : Immanuel, S. Prabeka. et al eds. Listening to Sounds and Signs. 177-192.

Deshmukh, Dilip. 1997. Sign Language and Bilingualism in Deaf Education. Ichalkaranji, India: Deaf Foundation

Delhi Association of the Deaf. 1997. 47th Annual Day Celebrations. New Delhi

Parasnis, Ila, Vincent J. Samar and Kalyani Mandke. 1996. Deaf adults’ attitudes toward career choices for deaf and hearing people in India. In: American Annals of the Deaf. 141,5:333-339.

Parasnis, Ila, James J. DeCaro and Marie L. Raman. 1996. Attitudes of teachers and parents in India toward career choices for deaf and hearing people. In: American Annals of the Deaf. 141,4:303-308

Deshmukh, Dilip. 1995. The status of sign language in deaf education in India. In: Mervin D. Garretson ed. Deafness: Life and culture, II. (A Deaf American Monograph, No. 45) Silver Spring, MD: NAD. 25-28

Narasimham, R. 1995. Tools through Signs. Bombay.

Serene, K.D. 1995. Vocational Training for the Deaf. AIFD All India Federation of the Deaf. In: News letter. New Delhi. December 1995:4

Sharma, Onkar. 1995. Sign language - controvery - status. AIFD All India Federation of the Deaf. In: News letter. New Delhi. Dec. 1995:2

Deshmukh, Dilip. 1994. The status of sign language in deaf education in India. In: Signpost 7/1:49-52

Vasishta, Madan and Meher Sethna. 1994. Clubs for deaf people in India. In: Carol J. Erting et al. eds. The deaf way: perspectives from the International Conference on Deaf Culture. Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press. 532-534

Reis, Michael. 1993. Student life at the Indian School for the Deaf during the depression years. In: John V. Cleve ed. Deaf history unveiled. Interpretations from the new scholarship. Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press. 198-223

Woodward, James. 1993. The relationship of sign language varieties in India, Pakistan, and Nepal. In: Sign language studies 78: 15-22.

Loewe, Armin. 1993. Personal experiences in the early identification, early diagnosis, and early educational management of hearing loss in children in partnership between Federal Republic of Germany and India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. In : International Journal of. Special. Education. . 8: 46–54.

1992. India. In : Turkington, Carol, and Allen E. Sussman eds. The encyclopedia of deafness and hearing disorders [first edition]. New York : Facts on File.

Parashin, Ila., James DeCaro and M.L. Raman. 1992. Attitude of teachers and parents in India. In.: American annals of the Deaf. 141(4) : 302-308.

Jepson, Jill. 1991. Two Sign Languages in a Single Village in India. In: Language Studies. 70:47-59

Jepson, Jill. 1991. Urban and Rural Sign Language in India. In: Language in Society. 1/2:37-57

Jepson, Jill. 1991. Some aspects of the deaf experience in India. In: Sign Language Studies. 20/73:453-459

All India Federation of the Deaf. 1988. Service for the Deaf in India (Third Edition).

Vohra, Roopa. 1988. Institutional Services for the Disabled. Series II: services for the speech and hearing impaired individuals in India. In : Disabilities and Impairments. 2 (1) 58-81. (Delhi: Akshat Publications)

Vasishta, Madan; James Woodward and Susan De Santis. 1987. Sign languages : Indian. In : Van Cleve, John V. (editor in chief), Gallaudet College eds. Gallaudet encyclopedia of deaf people and deafness.’’ New York : McGraw-Hill. vol.3. 79-81.

Adenwalla, Dhun D. 1987. India. In : Van Cleve, John V. (editor in chief), Gallaudet College eds. Gallaudet encyclopedia of deaf people and deafness.’’ New York : McGraw-Hill. vol.2. 81-83.

Vasishta, Madan; James Woodward and Susan De Santis. 1985. An Introduction to the Bangalore Variety of Indian Sign Language. Washington DC: Gallaudet Research Institute.

Max Mueller Bhavan. Raji Chadramohan. 1982. My education. In : Prem Victor and Armin Loewe eds. All India Workshop for Teachers and Parents of Hearing Impaired Children. Selected Papers, New Delhi: Max Mueller Bhavan. 243-244.

Boyd, Amy. 1982. Training teachers for hearing impaired children. In : Prem Victor and Armin Loewe eds. All India Workshop for Teachers and Parents of Hearing Impaired Children. Selected Papers, New Delhi: Max Mueller Bhavan. 233-236.

Gupta, K. P. 1982. Reaction of educators of the deaf on integration of the deaf. In: Prem Victor and Armin Loewe eds. All India Workshop for Teachers and Parents of Hearing Impaired Children. Selected Papers,New Delhi: Max Mueller Bhavan. 190-194.

Victor, Prem. 1982. Mainstreaming in India. In: Prem Victor and Armin Loewe eds. All India Workshop for Teachers and Parents of Hearing Impaired Children. Selected Papers, 168-174. New Delhi: Max Mueller Bhavan.

Victor, Prem. 1982. Pre-school education and parent counselling for integration in India. In: Herber Feuchte et al. eds. Proceedings of the International Congress on Education of the Deaf in Hamburg 1980. Vol. 2. Heidelberg: Groos. 152-166.

Bhagwat, V. 1982. A study of the existing facilities for the education of the deaf in India in the light of the country’s social and economic conditions. In: Feuchte, Herbert et al. eds. Proceedings of the International Congress on Education of the Deaf in Hamburg 1980. Vol 1. Heidelberg: Groos. 679-683.

Vasishta, Madan, James Woodward and Susan De Santis. 1981. An Introduction to Indian Sign Language: Focus on Delhi. New Delhi: All India Federation of the Deaf.

Crawford, J. and P. Ottinger. 1980. The sign language dimension of Total Communication for India. In : Hearing Aid Journal. [New Delhi] 2 (2) 11-18.

Shirin D. Antia. 1979. Education of the hearing impaired in India: A survey. In: American annals of the Deaf. 124(6) : 785-789.

Vasishta, Madan, James Woodward and Kirk L. Wilson. 1978. Sign languages in India: regional variations within the deaf populations. In: Indian journal of applied linguistics. v.4 no.2.66-74.

Cross, J. 1977. Toward a standardized sign language for India. In: Gallaudet today. 8(1) : 26-29.

Kapur, Y. P. 1976. Communication for the hearing-handicapped people in India. In: H.J. Oyer ed. Communication for the Hearing Handicapped. An international perspective. Baltimore: University Park Press. 447-470.

Matani, Pushpa ed 1975. All India Directory of Welfare Agencies for the Deaf. New Delhi: National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development.

Vasishta, Madan. 1975. Pilot Project for a Comprehensive Study of Sign Languages of India. Washington: Gallaudet College. Manuscript

Bhat, R.L. 1975. Services for the Deaf in India. New Delhi : All India Federation of the Deaf.

Vasta, Rajendra Singh. 1972, July. History of the education and training of deaf-mutes in India, 1884-1915. In : Teacher Education. 6 (4) 23-36.

Ketkar, Indra. 1964. Education of the Deaf and Mute. Poona: Samajseva Prakashan.

Srinivasan, S., T.A.V. Subramanyan, A. Sinha, M.G. Deo, and V. Ramalingaswami. 1964. Himalayan endemic deafmutism. In : Lancet. (July 25, 1964) 176-178.

Auboyer, Jeannine. 1951. Moudrâ et hasta ou le langage par signes. In : Oriental Art. 3: 153-161.

Banerji, Sailendra Nath. 1950. Language for the deaf. In : Indian Journal of Psychology. 25: 133-140.

Banerji, Sailendra Nath. 1949. Sixty years with the Deaf in India. In : The Deaf in India. I (1) 3-9. [Article continues, serialised in subsequent issues, I (2), 3-18; I (3), 26-27.]

Chaturvedi, Saligram. 1949. The organisation of education in the United Provinces (Dominion of India) with special reference to deaf education. Unpublished M.Ed. thesis, University of Manchester.

Morgan, Elizabeth. 1947. Fetter free: a story of triumph over deafness. London : Zenith Press. Revised edition. (1948) Madras: Christian Literature Society for India.

Brodie, Dorothy I.. 1935. Education of the deaf in India. In : The Teacher of the Deaf. 33: 169-175.

India. School for the Deaf, Palamcottah (Editorial). 1931. The teacher of the Deaf. 29 : 133.

Morgan, Elizabeth. 1931. Helping India's Deaf-mutes. London: Church of England Zenana Missionary Society.

Banerjee, H.C. 1928. The sign language of deaf-mutes. In: Indian journal of psychology. 3 : 69-87.

Desai, Pranshauker L. 1926. School for the Deaf, Ahmedabad, Bombay, India. In : Volta Review. 28: 356-357.

Wright, John Dutton. 1926. Prof. Date's Deaf and Dumb School. In : Volta Review. 28: 769-770.Seeley, L. M. 1920 ? "Ephphatha." The work of the Church of England Zenana Missionary Society among the Deaf in India and Ceylon. London: CEZMS( Church of England Zenana Missionary Society.)

Wright, John Dutton. 1926. Schools for the Deaf in the Orient. In : Volta Review.28: 49-52. [Subsequent articles on pp. 348-355; 415-417; 593-595; 769-770; report on South Asian schools.(includs Philippines, Japan, Burma(Myanmar), India and Ceylon(Sri Lanka))

Hutton, John Henry. 1921. The Angami Nagas, with some notes on neighbouring tribes. London: MacMillan. 291-292.

Kirk, E. A., (given as: E.A.K.) 1920. Schools for the deaf in Baroda, India. In : The Teacher of the Deaf. 18: 92-93.

Seeley, L. M. 1920 ? "Ephphatha." The work of the Church of England Zenana Missionary Society among the Deaf in India and Ceylon. London: CEZMS( Church of England Zenana Missionary Society.)

Rose, H. A. 1919. The language of gesture. In : Folklore. 30: 312-315.

Swainson, Florence. 1915 or 1916 ? 'Ephphatha' No. 2. Work for Christ amongst the Deaf and Dumb Children of India. (Pamphlet)

Smith, M. Saumarez. 1915. C.E.Z.M.S. Work among the Deaf in India & Ceylon. London: Church of England Zenana Mission Society.

Swainson, Florence. 1914. The education of the deaf in India. In : Volta Review. 16: 173-177.

Philott, D. C. 1907. A note on Sign-, Gesture-, Code-, and Secret-language, etc., amongst the Persians. In : Journal of Asiatic Society Bengal III (9) 619-22.

Swainson, Florence. 1907. Correspondence. Palamcottah School for the Deaf. In : The Messenger. (Belfast) VIII (No. 10, Sept-Oct) 180.

Phillot, D.C. 1907. A note on the mercantile sign language of India. In: Journal and Proceedings. Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, N.S. III. 333-334.

Banerji, Jamini Nath. 1907. Calcutta school for the Deaf. In: The messenger(Belfast) 8(10) : 173-174.

Swainson, Florence.. 1906. Report of the Deaf and dumb and industrial school in connection with the Church of England Zenana Mission, Palamcottah, South India, for 1905. Palamcotta, India : Church mission press.

Banerji, Jamini Nath. 1904. [Notices of publications]Majumdar, Mohini Mohan, 1904, Muk-shiksha(Education of the Deaf and Dumb) Calcutta. In: American annals of the Deaf. 59(4) : 390-391.

Banerji, Jamini Nath. 1903. Education of the deaf and dumb in India. In : The Messenger. (Belfast) new series, VI: (No. 4, July-Aug) 65.

1900. The Zenana School for the Deaf & Dumb. Reprint from "Home Magazine" of 24 Feb. 1900, for Central Foreign Fund of the British Deaf and Dumb Association.

Banerji, Jamini Nath. 1898. India. In : International Reports of Schools for the Deaf. Washington City: Volta Bureau. 18-19.

Editorial 1895. The deaf mutes in India. In : The Indian Magazine and Review. August 1895. 436-38. (Quoting largely an article by Ernest J.D. Abraham, in The British Deaf-Mute, May 1895).

Crossett, J. 1887. School Items. Bombay Institution. In : American Annals of the Deaf. 32 (2): 124-125.

Baumann, E. 1886. Deaf and dumb Ellen and how she became a Christian. In : Indian Female Evangelist. 8: 241-244.

The Deaf Way. journal of a deaf organization in India.

Films and videos

Sign Media Inc. ed. 1990. Signs around the world. India. Burtonsville, Maryland: SMI (30 min.)

Researchers

History of sign language research

Events

Links

Sign Languages in Asia: India (Data offered by Deaf informants in India; movies made by Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies)

Deaf cultures and Sign Languages of the world: India

Fingeralphabete (Indien)

Notes