Indonesia
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| Name of the country/area | Indonesia |
|---|---|
| Formal name of the country/area | Republic of Indonesia |
| Country/area information | The World Factbook (CIA) |
| Wikipedia (English) |
Indigenous signs for "Indonesia"
Movies
Sign of country name "Indonesia" (Data offered by Deaf informants in Indonesia; movie made by Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies)
Illustrations in the literature
"Indonesia" (In: Japanese Federation of the Deaf ed. Supervisor: Hedberg, Tomas. 2003. Country name-signs. Helsinki, Finland: World Federation of the Deaf. 11.)
Spoken languages
Bahasa Indonesia
Sign languages
Related sign languages:
Population of Deaf/deaf people
2,000,000 deaf people (1993). The population of the signers of Benkala Sign Language: 41 (2007 SIL Ethnologue, 16th Edition)
Legal status of sign languages
Organizations and associations of the Deaf/deaf
- Indonesian Association for the Welfare of the Deaf (IAWD) (WFD member; established in 1981. (WFD. 2008. Global Survey Report. : See Bibliography below.))
- Indonesian Welfare Association of the Deaf (WFD member, data in 2002, cited from "Signs of country names" (Japanese edition, Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies ed. 2002. Tokyo: Japanese Federation of the Deaf))
Institutes, associations and universities for sign language studies
Education for the deaf
- 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) The Basic Law of the Republic of Indonesia passed in 1945 when Indonesia gained independence
- b) The Law Number: 4 / Year 1997 about People with Disabilities
- c) The Law Number: 23/ Year 2003 about National Education System
- d) The Government Regulation of Republic Indonesia Number: 72 / Year 1991 about Special Needs Education (for People with Disabilities)
- e) The National Action of Biwako Millennium Framework 2003 – 2014
3.The government provides those educational settings for Deaf children and Deaf students:
- Early intervention (Up to 5 years old)
- Kindergarten (Between 3/4 years old to 5/6 years old)
- Primary (From 5/6 years old to 12/13 years old)
- Secondary (From 12/13 years old to 17/18 years old)
- University (After 18 years old)
- 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:
- 114 Deaf Schools, and 2 Deaf/Blind Schools
- Oral Method
- Cued Speech
- Oral and Sign Language (Total Communitcation)
- Auditory Verbal
6.Deaf people’s access to a University education and sign language interpreting services at University:
- 2 State Universities, 11 Private Universities provide access to studies for Deaf people.
- No sign language interpreting service.
Sign language interpretation
- There is an association of sign language interpreters in Indonesia. from WASLI Activities Report 2007-2011 (See Bibliography below).
- Status of Sign Language Interpreting Services from WFD. 2008. Global Survey Report. (See Bibliography below).
1.The number of sign language interpreters in the country:
- Unknown
2.Sign language interpreting qualifications in the country:
- There is.
3.The provider of the training for people who want to become qualified sign language interpreters:
- National Association of the Deaf
4.Total years of training to become a sign languate interpreters:
- Unknown
5.The number of sign language interpreters who have formal interpreting qualifications in the country:
- Unknown
6.The way Deaf people access sign language interpreters:
- No information supplied.
7.The provider of the sign language interpreting services:
- Government
- National Association of the Deaf
- Private Sector
8.The area of life sign language interpreting services are available:
- Social Services
9.The payment for interpreting services, and those who are responsible for paying:
- Sign language interpreters receive payment for interpreting services
- National Association of the Deaf/Deaf Group pays
- Deaf people pay
10.The average hourly rate of payment for sign language interpreters:
- No information provided.
11.Sign language interpreters provide voluntary service for all sign language interpreting assignments.
12.National Association of Sign Language Interpreters:
- None
13.National Code of Ethics for sign language interpreters:
- N/A
14.Legislation or policy in the country which states that the government has a responsibility for the provision of sign language:
- None
- Data on sign language interpretation in this country collected in 2006 by a similar questionnaire research by WASLI are in the WASLI Newsletter 2007 issue six (See Bibliography below).
1. The sign language in the country :
2. Spoken languages:
- Indonesian
Deaf communities and cultures
Religious activities by the Deaf
Famous Deaf persons and hearing persons concerned with sign languages
Sign language dictionaries
Indonesia. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan. 1997. Kamus sistem isyarat bahasa Indonesia. JAKARTA: Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan
Pertama, Edisi. 1994. Kamus system isyarat bahasa Indonesia(Dictionary of sign system of Indonesian). Jakarta: Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan(Department of Education and Culture).
Bibliography
WASLI (World Association of Sign Language Interpreters). 2011. WASLI Activities Report 2007-2011. Kampala, UGANDA.
Marsaja , I. Gede 2008. Desa Kolok. A deaf village and its sign language in Bali, Indonesia : Ishara Press.
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.
Connie de Vos. 2007. Kata Kolok: A Village-based Sign Language of Northern Bali. International Symposium On The Languages Of Java 15th - 17th August 2007, Semarang, Java, Indonesia.
WASLI (World Association of Sign Language Interpreters ). 2007. WASLI Newsletter 2007 Issue 6 Kampala, Uganda.
Marsaja, I Gede and Ketut Kanta 2005. Kata Kolok: An introduction to a deaf village in Bali and its sign language. Talk given at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, April 2005
Nakata, Hideo. 2005. Joint Lesson Studies with Japanese and Indonesian Special School Teachers ： International Educational Exchange Project for a New Century. University of Tsukuba, Center for Research on International Cooperation in Educational Development.
Nakayama, Sinichiro. 2004. Make a Comparison of Word Order between Sign Language and Language for writing : From study about sign language used in Asia and Africa. In: Sign Language Communication Studies (Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies, Japanese Federation of the Deaf) 52(2004.06):22-26. [Including information of [ Ghana, Zambia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines and Thailand ]
Kobayashi, Masayuki. 2001. Deaf in Asia(10):Indonesia. In: Sign Language Communication Studies. (Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies, Japanese Federation of the Deaf) 42(2001.12):66-69.
Branson, Jan, Don Miller and I Gede Marsaja. 1996. Everyone here speaks sign language, too: a deaf village in Bali, Indonesia. In: Lucas, Ceil, ed. Multicultural aspects of sociolinguistics in deaf communities. Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University Press. 39-57.
Gunawan, Imas A. R. 1996. Kamus Umum Bahasa Isyarat Indonesia. Lembaga Komunikasi Total Indonesia.
Researchers
History of sign language research
Events
Links
Sign Languages in Asia: Indonesia (Data offered by Deaf informants in Indonesia; movies made by Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies)
Deaf Nippon: Supporting activities by Deaf Japanese for the Deaf in developing countries "Indonesia" (webpage in Japanese)
Deaf cultures and Sign Languages of the world: Indonesia
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 |
