Jordanian Sign Language

From AASL

Basic information of the sign language

Language name	Jordanian Sign Language
Region	Jordan

Contents 1 Language name 2 Region 3 Population of signers 4 Language family 5 Dialects 6 Linguistic characteristics 7 History 8 Related sign languages 9 Related spoken languages 10 Institutes, associations and universities 11 Dictionaries 12 Bibliography 13 Researchers 14 History of sign language research 15 Related pages 16 Links 17 Notes

Language name

Jordanian Sign Language

(Indigenous names) Lughat il-Ishaarah il-Urduniah, (Altanate names) LIU

Region

Jordan

Population of signers

Language family

Dialects

Linguistic characteristics

History

Related sign languages

Related spoken languages

Institutes, associations and universities

Dictionaries

Hamzeh, Manal. 1993. Vocabularies of sign language. Amman, Jordan.

Hamzeh, Manal and Najah Taffal. 1993. Lughat al-ishara al-Urduniyah al-Arabyyah. Amman, Jordan: Specialized Audiology Center.

Bibliography

Hendriks, B. with Maha Farajin and Ahlam Khreysat. 2004. An Introduction to the Grammar of Jordanian Sign Language. Salt: Al-Balqa Applied University.

Kabatilo, Ziad Salah. 1982. A pilot description of indigenous signs used by deaf persons in Jordan. Ph.D. dissertation. Michigan State University.

Jordan National Center for Hearing Studies. [no date] Jordanian Sign Language (Lughat al-Isharah al-Urduniah). Amman: Al Markiz al-Watani Lil-Sam'iyat.

Researchers

History of sign language research

Related pages

Links

Notes

Sign languages in Middle East

Anatolia	Seraglio Sign Language (Harem Sign Language) | Turkish Sign Language
Arabian Peninsula	Kuwaiti Sign Language | Saudi Arabian Sign Language
Iranian Plateau	Persian Sign Language (Iranian Sign Language) | Tea House Sign Language
Levant	Al Sayyid Bedouin Sign Language | Israeli Sign Language | Jordanian Sign Language | Yiddish Sign Language
Areas and others	Palestinian Sign Language