Singapore Sign Language

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Basic information of the sign language

Language name	Singapore Sign Language
Region	Singapore

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

Singapore Sign Language

Region

Singapore

Population of signers

3,000 (2007 SIL). Very few monolinguals. (2007 SIL). (Ethnologue web Edition)

Language family

Dialects

Linguistic characteristics

History

Related sign languages

Related spoken languages

Institutes, associations and universities

Dictionaries

Singapore Association for the Deaf Sign Language Committee. 1990. Sign for Singapore. Singapore: Time Books International.

Bibliography

Ang, Mary. 2016. Negation in Singapore Sign Language. Poster presentation at Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research Conference (TISLR 12).

Kratochvíl, Frantisek, Mary Ang, Shu Yi, Jessica Mak, May Low Jarn and Li-Sa Wang. 2016. Language contact-induced layering of the basic vocabulary in Singapore Sign Language. Poster presentation at Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research Conference (TISLR 12).

Kato, Mihoko and Nobuyuki Honnna. 2005. Deaf people and their sign language in Singapore. In: Sign Language Communication Studies. (Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies, Japanese Federation of the Deaf) 56(2005.06) :59-65.

Kobayashi, Masayuki. 2000. Deaf in Asia(6): Singapore. In: Sign Language Communication Studies. (Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies, Japanese Federation of the Deaf) 35(2000.03) :44-46.

Researchers

History of sign language research

Related pages

Links

Notes

Sign languages in Asia

East Asia	Amami O Shima Sign Language | Chinese Sign Language | Japanese Sign Language | Korean Sign Language : North Korea | Korean Sign Language : South Korea | Mongolian Sign Language
Southeast Asia	Bali Sign Language | Ban Khor Sign Language | Benkala Sign Language | Hill Country Sign Language | Indonesian Sign Language | Kuala Lumpur Sign Language | Laos Sign Language | Malaysian Sign Language | Original Bangkok Sign Language | Original Chiangmai Sign Language | Penang Sign Language | Philippine Sign Language | Selangor Sign Language | Singapore Sign Language | Thai Sign Language | Vietnamese Sign Language
South Asia	Bengali Sign Language | Jhankot Sign Language | Jumla Sign Language | Indian Sign Language | Indo-Pakistan Sign Language | Naga Sign Language | Nepalese Sign Language | Sri Lankan Sign Language
West Asia	Afghan Sign Language
Areas and others	Hong Kong Sign Language | Macao Sign Language | Taiwanese Sign Language