Philippines

From AASL

Basic information of the country/area

Name of the country/area	Philippines
Formal name of the country/area	Republic of the Philippines
Country/area information	The World Factbook(CIA)
	Wikipedia(English)

Contents 1 Indigenous signs for "Philippines" 2 Spoken languages 3 Sign languages 4 Population of Deaf/deaf people 5 Legal status of sign languages 6 Organizations and associations of the Deaf/deaf 7 Institutes, associations and universities for sign language studies 8 Education for the deaf 9 Deaf communities and cultures 10 Religious activities by the Deaf 11 Famous Deaf persons and hearing persons concerned with sign languages 12 Sign language dictionaries 13 Bibliography 14 Researchers 15 History of sign language research 16 Events 17 Links 18 Notes

Indigenous signs for "Philippines"

Movies

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

Illustrations in the literature

"Philippines" (In: Japanese Federation of the Deaf ed. Supervisor: Hedberg, Tomas. 2003. Country name-signs. Helsinki, Finland: World Federation of the Deaf. 19.)

Spoken languages

Filipino

English

Sign languages

Philippine Sign Language

Related sign languages:

American Sign Language

Population of Deaf/deaf people

100,000 deaf persons in Philippines (Van Cleve 1986).

Ethnologue, 16th Edition

Legal status of sign languages

Organizations and associations of the Deaf/deaf

Philippine 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

MacFadden, Jane. 1977. Sign as you speak. Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines: Southeast Asian Institute for the Deaf.

Bibliography

Benitez-dela Torre, Theresa Christine, James DeCaro and Bill Clymer. 2005. Higher education for Deaf students in the Philippines today: The role of De LaSalle-College of Saint Benilde, the Deaf community, and PEN-International. In: Sign Language Communication Studies (Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies, Japanese Federation of the Deaf) 56(2005.06) :22-32.(translated by Japanese Federation of the Deaf, in Japanese)

Mori, Soya. 2005. The dawn of the Philippine Deaf community : The early years of deaf education for the Deaf in the Philippines. In: Sign Language Communication Studies (Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies, Japanese Federation of the Deaf) 56(2005.06) :12-21.

Martinez, Liza B. PhD. 2005. Filipino sign Language: Understanding the past and looking to the future. In: Sign Language Communication Studies (Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies, Japanese Federation of the Deaf) 56(2005.06) :2-11.

Osugi, Yutaka. 2005. About this issue(Foreword): The movements of Deaf people and their community in Philippine. In: Sign Language Communication Studies (Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies, Japanese Federation of the Deaf) 56(2005.06) :1.

Martinez, Liza B. 1993. Eye-gaze as an element in Filipino Sign Language discourse. In: Winston, Elisabeth A. ed. Communication forum volume 2. Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University, School of Communication. 99-112.

Researchers

History of sign language research

Events

Links

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

Notes

Countries and areas of Asia

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