Taiwanese Sign Language
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| Language name | Taiwanese Sign Language |
|---|---|
| Region | Taiwan |
Language name
Taiwanese Sign Language
(Taiwan Ziran Shouyu)
Region
Population of signers
Language family
Dialects
Chiying Sign Language
Tainan Sign Language
Taipei Sign Language
Linguistic characteristics
History
Related sign languages
Related spoken languages
Institutes, associations and universities
Dictionaries
Ministry of Education, Special Educatkon Work Group. 2000. Changyong Cihui Shouyu Huace (Sign Language Dictionary of Commonly Used Vocabulary.) Vol.2. Taipei: Ministry of Education.
Ministry of Education, Special Educatkon Work Group. 2000. Changyong Cihui Shouyu Huace (Sign Language Dictionary of Commonly Used Vocabulary.) Vol.1. Taipei: Ministry of Education.
Chinese YMCA Hong Kong, Taipei YMCA, Kuala Lumpur YMCA, Osaka YMCA eds. 1989. Speaking with Signs.(Fourth Version) Osaka: Osaka YMCA. [A dictionary ofHong Kong Sign Language, Taiwanese Sign Language, Japanese Sign Languageand Malaysian Sign Language. with a page of fingerspelling of Korean Sign Language ]
Ministry of Education. 1987. Shouyu Huace (Sign Language Dictionary.) Vol. 2. Taipei: Ministry of Education.
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 ofHong Kong Sign Language,Taiwanese Sign Language, Japanese Sign Language andMalaysian Sign Language. with a page of fingerspelling of Korean Sign Language ]
Yang, Chiung-huang and Lu Nan-Chou. 1984. Piaochun shouyu shout'se. Taipei: Lung ya fu li hsieh hui.
1980. Speaking with Signs.(Second Version) Osaka:Osaka YMCA. [A dictionary ofHong Kong Sign Language,Taiwanese Sign Language andJapanese Sign Language ]
1979. Speaking with Signs.(Book One) Hong Kong:Chinese YMCA. [A dictionary ofHong Kong Sign Language,Taiwanese Sign Language andJapanese Sign Language ]
Li, Junyu. 1978. Shouyu Huace ( Sign Language Dictionary). Taipei: Ministry of Education, Department of Social Education.
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| 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 |
