Pakistan
From AASL
| Name of the country/area | Pakistan |
|---|---|
| Formal name of the country/area | Islamic Republic of Pakistan |
| Country/area information | The World Factbook (CIA) |
| Wikipedia (English) |
Indigenous signs for "Pakistan"
Illustrations in the literature
"Pakistan" (In: Japanese Federation of the Deaf ed. Supervisor: Hedberg, Tomas. 2003. Country name-signs. Helsinki, Finland: World Federation of the Deaf. 18.)
Spoken languages
Urdu
Sign languages
Population of Deaf/deaf people
Legal status of sign languages
Organizations and associations of the Deaf/deaf
Pakistan Association of the Deaf (PAD) (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
ABSA Research Group. 1995. A Dictionary of Pakistan Sign Language (Focus on Karachi). Karachi, Pakistan: Anjuman Behbood-e-Samat-e-Atfal (ABSA School for the Deaf). [including information of Karachi Sign Language and Pakistan Sign Language ]
ABSA Research Group. 1987. A dictionary of Pakistan Sign Language: focus on Karachi. Karachi, Pakistan: Anjuman Behbood-e-Samat-e-Atfal (ABSA School for the Deaf). [including information of Karachi Sign Language and Pakistan Sign Language ]
Bibliography
Bittles, A. H., S. G. Sullivan and L. A. Zhivotovsky. 2004. Consanguinity, caste and deaf–mutism in Punjab, 1921. In : J. Biosocial Science. 36: 221–234.
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. 2002. Deaf in Asia(12) :Pakistan. In: Sign Language Communication Studies (Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies, Japanese Federation of the Deaf) 46(2002.12) :44-46.
Zeshan, Ulrike. 2001. Mouthing in Indopakistani Sign Language: Regularities and Variation. In: Boyes-Braem, Penny & Rachel Sutton-Spence eds. The Hands are the Head of the Mouth. Hamburg, Germany: Signum. 247-272.
Zeshan, Ulrike. 2000. Sign language in Indo-Pakistan: a description of a signed language. Philadelphia;Amsterdam: John Benjamins Pub.
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.
Zeshan, Ulrike. 1997. Sprache der Hände? - Nichtmanuelle Phänomene und Nutzung des Raums in der Pakistanischen Gebärdensprache. In: Das Zeichen. 11/39:90-105. [including information of Pakistan Sign Language ].
Zeshan, Ulrike. 1996. Aspects of Pakistan Sign Language. In: Sign language studies no.92. 253-296.
National Institute of Special Education(NISE). 1994. Pakistan Sign Language, Based on Primary School Course Vocabulary. Second Handbook for Teachers, Parents and Hearing Impaired Persons. Islamabad.
Shamsudin, Anwar. 1994. Deaf culture in Pakistan. In: Carol J. Erting, Robert C. Johnson, Dorothy L. Smith and Bruce D. Snider eds. The Deaf Way. Perspectives from the International Conference on Deaf Culture. Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University Press. 75-77.
Woodward, James. 1993. The relationship of sign language varieties in India, Pakistan, and Nepal. In: Sign language studies. 78:15-22.
ABSA Research Group. 1992. Numeration in Sign Language. Karachi, Pakistan: Anjuman Behbood-e-Samat-e-Atfal (ABSA School for the Deaf).
Schroeder, Odd-Inge & Patrick J. Coppock. 1992. In fond memory of Aziz Dossani. In: Signpost 5/1:33-34.
Schroeder, Odd-Inge & Patrick J. Coppock. 1992. In fond memory of Aziz Dossani - A deaf Pakistani sign language research pioneer. In: WFD News: Magazine of the World Federation of the Deaf; La Revue de la FMS; Organe de la Fédération Mondiale des Sourds 1:10-11.
National Institute of Special Education(NISE). 1991. Pakistan Sign Language, with Regional Differences. Islamabad.
ABSA Research Group. 1990. The Anatomy in Body Actions and Sign Language. Karachi, Pakistan: Anjuman Behbood-e-Samat-e-Atfal (ABSA School for the Deaf).
ABSA Research Group. 1989. Time and Seasons in Sign Language. Karachi, Pakistan: Anjuman Behbood-e-Samat-e-Atfal (ABSA School for the Deaf).
ABSA Research Group. 1989. Relationships in Sign Language. Karachi, Pakistan: Anjuman Behbood-e-Samat-e-Atfal (ABSA School for the Deaf).
Ahmed, Syed Iftikhar ed. 1989. Pakistan Sign Language. Rawalpindi, Pakistan: Sir Syed Deaf Association.
Schroeder, Odd-Inge. 1989. Likheter og ulikheter mellom norsk og pakistansk tegnsprog. In: Døves Tidskrift.
Schroeder, Odd-Inge. 1987. Preface to a dictionary of Pakistan Sign Language. Karachi: Focus.
Schroeder, Odd-Inge. 1984. Tegnsprogarbeidet i Pakistan. In: Nordisk Tidskrift før Døvundervisningen 3.
Makhdum, Sadique Akbar. 1950. History and Annual Report of the Deaf & Dumb School, Lahore. The first of its Kind in West Pakistan, 1949–50. Lahore.
Films and videos
Westphal, H. and Sigrid Westphal-Hellbusch. 1970. Sindhi (Westpakistan, Sindh) - Gebärdensprache. Göttingen: Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (5 Minutes)
Researchers
History of sign language research
Events
Links
Deaf cultures and Sign Languages of the world: Pakistan
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 |
