Pakistan

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Contents

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

Indo-Pakistan Sign Language


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)


Institutes, associations and universities for sign language studies

Education for the Deaf

Deaf Children with Additional Disabilities in Developing Countries : Pakistan


Deaf communities and cultures

Members of the Karachi Deaf Welfare Association "Karachi : Computers and Criket." WFD News 11(2): 1998. 10.

Religious activities by the Deaf

Famous Deaf persons and hearing persons concerned with sign languages

Sign language dictionaries

J.S. Academy for the Deaf. 2016. Farang-e-Isharati Islami.

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

Zeshan, Ulrike and Sibaji Panda. 2011. Reciprocals constructions in Indo-Pakistani sign language. In : Evans Nicholas, Alice Gaby, Stephen C. Levinson and Asifa Majid Eds. Reciprocals and semantic typology. Amsterdam: Benjamins. 91-113.

Zeshan, Ulrike. 2005. Indo-Pakistani Sign Language. In: Philipp Strazny ed. Encyclopedia of Linguistics. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn.

Zeshan, Ulrike. 2005. Regional variation in Indo-Pakistani Sign Language : Evidence from content questions and negatives. In: Zeshan, Ulrike. ed. Interrogative and Negative Constructions in Sign Languages. Sign Language Typology Series No. 1. Nijmegen: Ishara Press. 303-

Bittles, A. H., S. G. Sullivan and L. A. Zhivotovsky. 2004. Consanguinity, caste and deaf–mutism in Punjab, 1921. In : Journal of 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 ]

Sulman, Nasir and Sadaf Zuberi. 2003. Pakistan Sign Language Collated Data Sets.

Zeshan, Ulrike. 2003. ‘Classificatory’ Constructions in Indo-Pakistani Sign Language : grammaticalization and lexicalization processes. In: Karen Emmorey ed. Perspectives on Classifier Constructions in Sign Languages. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. 113-141.

Pakistan Association of the Deaf. 2002? Sign Language Booklets. Karachi.

Sulman Nasir and Sadaf Zuberi. 2002. Pakistan Sign Language - A Synopsis Karachi: International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union) Pakistan.

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. 2000. Gebärdensprachen des indischen Subkontinents. Ph.D. dissertation.. Munich: LINCOM Europa.

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. 1998. Functions of the index in IPSL. Presentation at Sixth International Conference on Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research.

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.

Razi, Mohammad Shakil. 1994. Cause of bilateral sensorineural hearing loss in school children in Karachi, Pakistan. Unpublished. doctoral thesis, Univ. Manchester, Faculty of Medicine.

Loewe, Armin. 1993. Personal experiences in the early identification, early diagnosis, and early educational management of hearing loss in children in partnership between Federal Republic of Germany and India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. In : International Journal of. Special. Education. . 8: 46–54.

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.

Yaqub, Arif. 1991. To provide technical training to deaf people and to develop awareness among planners and experts regarding their employment. In : Partnership Between Deaf People and Professionals. Proceedings of a Conference. August 1991, Rabat, Malta. Valletta: Ministry of Social Policy, Malta. 71–75.

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).

Rehman, Farhat. (Transl.) 1990. Mehroom e samat bachoon aur nojawano kay liye khusoosi taleem(in . Urdu). Peshawar: MHC. (Transl. from: Centre for Total Communication, Copenhagen [1987] Education for Deaf Children and Young People. Paris: UNESCO.)

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.

Fraser, Brian C. 1987. Education for Deaf Children in Pakistan. (Pak/999/29) Consultant report. London: British Council. Unpublished.

Kulsoom, Margie. 1985. Role and contribution of speech therapy in the education of the deaf. Unpublished. conference paper.

Sheikh R.A. 1985. The situation of the under–privileged deaf children in Pakistan and the role of National Institute for the Deaf towards their education and welfare. In: Taylor, I.G. ed. The Education of the Deaf. Current Perspectives. 4: London: Croom Helm. 2049–2053.

Schroeder, Odd-Inge. 1984. Tegnsprogarbeidet i Pakistan. In: Nordisk Tidskrift før Døvundervisningen 3.

Sheikh R.A. 1982. Welfare and uplift of the deaf children in Pakistan. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Education of the Deaf, Hamburg, 1980, Heidelberg: Julius Groos Verlag. 236–246.

Afzal, Shamim. 1979. The deaf and mute from infancy to rehabilitation. In: PAKISTAN Ministry of Health & Social Welfare ed. Report of the National Workshop on "Welfare and Development of the Handicapped Child," Islamabad, Pakistan, 22–23 Oct. 1979. Islamabad: Government of Pakistan with UNICEF. 18–25.

Sheikh, Riaz Ahmed. 1977. Psychosocial problems: the integration of the deaf children into ordinary schools. In: Proceedings of the international Congress of the Deaf, Tokyo 1975. Tokyo: Organizing Committee. 612–620.

Habibullah, S. M. 1975. Education of the hearing handicapped. In: Proceedings of the First Conference on the Disabled: "The Handicapped – A Challenge to Action". Karachi: Evaluation & Research Unit, Direct orate Social Welfare, Government Sind. 117–120.

Rehman, Daodur. 1975. Vocational training of the deaf and mute. In: Proceedings of the First Conference on the Disabled: "The Handicapped – A Challenge to Action". Karachi, 121–25. Also In: PAKISTAN Ministry of Health & Social Welfare ed. Report of the National Workshop on "Welfare and Development of the Handicapped Child," Islamabad, Pakistan, 22–23 Oct. 1979. Islamabad: Government of Pakistan with UNICEF. 59–62.

Gilbert, F. 1974. National school for the deaf, Pakistan. In : Teacher of the Deaf. 72: 393–395.

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.

Sir Syed Deaf Association. Pakistan the first computer sign language. Sir Syed Deaf Association. Islamabad, Pakistan.

Sir Syed Deaf Association. Pakistan Sign Language Sir Syed Deaf Association. Islamabad, Pakistan.


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

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