Jordanian Sign Language
From AASL
| Language name | Jordanian Sign Language |
|---|---|
| Region | Jordan |
Language name
Jordanian Sign Language
(Indigenous names) Lughat il-Ishaarah il-Urduniah, (Altanate names) LIU
Region
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
Zeshan, Ulrike, Keiko Sagara and Anastasia Bradford. 2013. Multilingual and multimodal aspects of “cross-signing” – A study of emerging communication in the domain of numerals. Poster presentation at Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research (TISLR11)
Hendriks, Bernadet. 2008. Jordanian Sign Language: Aspects of grammar from a cross-linguistic perspective. LOT. Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Hendriks, Bernadet 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
| 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 |
