Malaysian Sign Language

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Basic information of the sign language
Language name Malaysian Sign Language
Region Malaysia


Contents

Language name

Malaysian Sign Language

(Indigenous names) Bahasa Isyarat Malaysia, Bahasa Malaysia Kod Tangan


Region

Malaysia (Peninsular)


Population of signers

24000. (Ethnologue web Edition)


Language family

Dialects

Linguistic characteristics

History

Created by the government since 1978


Related sign languages

Influenced by American Sign Language


Related spoken languages

Institutes, associations and universities

Dictionaries

Chinese YMCA Hong Kong, Taipei YMCA, Kuala Lumpur YMCA, Osaka YMCA eds. 1989. Speaking with Signs.(Fourth Version) Osaka: Osaka YMCA. [A dictionary of Hong Kong Sign Language, Taiwanese Sign Language, Japanese Sign Languageand Malaysian Sign Language. with a page of fingerspelling of Korean Sign Language ]

Chinese YMCA Hong Kong, Taipei YMCA, The Society for the Deaf in Selangor and the Federal Teritory, Osaka YMCA eds. 1984. Speaking with Signs.(Third Version) Osaka: OsakaYMCA. [A dictionary of Hong Kong Sign Language,Taiwanese Sign Language, Japanese Sign Language andMalaysian Sign Language. with a page of fingerspelling of Korean Sign Language ]


Bibliography

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. 1999. Deaf in Asia(4) : Malaysia. In: Sign Language Communication Studies (Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies, Japanese Federation of the Deaf) 32(1999.06) :63-65.

Guan, Tan Chin. 1987. Malaysian Sign Language. In: Van Cleve, John V. ed. Gallaudet encyclopedia of deaf people and deafness. v.3. New York: McGraw-Hill. 93-94.


Researchers

History of sign language research

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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
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