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Sign Languages
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Name↕ | Language↕ | Origin↕ | Notes↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
Afghan Sign Language | Afghan Sign Language | indig, or ASL creole? | |
Alipur Sign Language | Alipur Sign Language | village | |
Amami Oshima Sign Language | Amami Oshima Sign Language | village or idioglossia | Japan |
Auslan | Auslan | British | (Australian Sign Language) |
Ban Khor Sign Language | Ban Khor Sign Language | village | (Plaa Pag is a dialect) |
Bhutanese Sign Language | Bhutanese Sign Language | ? | |
Burmese sign language | Burmese sign language | ASL | may be two languages |
Cambodian Sign Language | Cambodian Sign Language | = mixed LSF, BSL, ASL, various dialects within | |
Chinese Sign Language | Chinese Sign Language | Chinese | "中國手語" (ZGS) |
Enga Sign Language | Enga Sign Language | village | PNG |
Esharani | Esharani | isolate | Iranian Sign Language, main sign language used in Iran |
Filipino Sign Language | Filipino Sign Language | mixed ASL, various dialects | (FSL) or Philippine Sign Language (Filipino: Wikang pasenyas ng mga Pilipino). |
Ghandruk Sign Language | Ghandruk Sign Language | village | (Nepal) |
Hawaiʻi Sign Language | Hawaiʻi Sign Language | ? | Hoailona ʻŌlelo o Hawaiʻi |
Hong Kong Sign Language | Hong Kong Sign Language | Shanghai Sign Language | "香港手語" (HKSL). Derives from the southern dialect of CSL. |
Huay Hai Sign Language | Huay Hai Sign Language | village | (Thailand) |
Indo-Pakistani Sign Language | Indo-Pakistani Sign Language | Indian | conflicting reports on whether Indian and Pakistani SL are one language or two. |
Jakarta Sign Language | Jakarta Sign Language | ASL:Malaysian?:Indonesian | a variety of Indonesian Sign Language |
Japanese Sign Language | Japanese Sign Language | Japanese | "Nihon Shuwa (日本手話)" (JSL) |
Jhankot Sign Language | Jhankot Sign Language | village | (Nepal) |
Jumla Sign Language | Jumla Sign Language | village | (Nepal) |
Kailge Sign Language | Kailge Sign Language | village, perhaps related to SSSL | PNG |
Kata Kolok | Kata Kolok | village | (a.k.a. Bali Sign Language, Benkala Sign Language) |
Laotian Sign Language | Laotian Sign Language | (related to Vietnamese languages; may be more than one SL) | |
Korean Sign Language (KSDSL) | Korean Sign Language (KSDSL) | Korean | "한국수어 (or 한국수화)" / "Hanguk Soo-hwa" Korean standard sign language – manually coded spoken Korean |
Macau Sign Language | Macau Sign Language | Shanghai Sign Language | "澳門手語" (MSL). Derives from the southern dialect of CSL. |
Malaysian Sign Language | Malaysian Sign Language | ASL | "Bahasa Isyarat Malaysia" (BIM) |
Maldivian Sign Language (Dhivehi Sign Language) | Maldivian Sign Language (Dhivehi Sign Language) | Local, Indian, ASL | |
Maunabudhuk–Bodhe Sign Language | Maunabudhuk–Bodhe Sign Language | village | Nepal |
Mehek Sign Language | Mehek Sign Language | home sign? incipient? | PNG |
Miyakubo Sign Language | Miyakubo Sign Language | village | Japan |
Mongolian Sign Language | Mongolian Sign Language | ? | "Монгол дохионы хэл" |
Mount Avejaha Sign Language | Mount Avejaha Sign Language | village | PNG |
Na Sai Sign Language | Na Sai Sign Language | village | (Thailand) |
Naga Sign Language | Naga Sign Language | village? | (India) last reported in 1921 |
Nepali Sign Language | Nepali Sign Language | Indian | Indigenous sign language with inputs from Indian Sign Language, American Sign Language, International Sign, and others |
New Zealand Sign Language | New Zealand Sign Language | British | (NZSL) |
Old Bangkok Sign Language | Old Bangkok Sign Language | local (or village?) | |
Old Chiangmai Sign Language | Old Chiangmai Sign Language | local (or village?) | |
Papua New Guinean Sign Language | Papua New Guinean Sign Language | British |
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