Education
Sign Languages
Sign languages used by deaf communities around the world.
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Language↕ | Origin↕ | Notes↕ |
|---|---|---|
| Afghan Sign Language | indig, or ASL creole? | |
| Alipur Sign Language | village | |
| Amami Oshima Sign Language | village or idioglossia | Japan |
| Auslan | British | (Australian Sign Language) |
| Ban Khor Sign Language | village | (Plaa Pag is a dialect) |
| Bhutanese Sign Language | ? | |
| Burmese sign language | ASL | may be two languages |
| Cambodian Sign Language | = mixed LSF, BSL, ASL, various dialects within | |
| Chinese Sign Language | Chinese | "中國手語" (ZGS) |
| Enga Sign Language | village | PNG |
| Esharani | isolate | Iranian Sign Language, main sign language used in Iran |
| Filipino Sign Language | mixed ASL, various dialects | (FSL) or Philippine Sign Language (Filipino: Wikang pasenyas ng mga Pilipino). |
| Ghandruk Sign Language | village | (Nepal) |
| Hawaiʻi Sign Language | ? | Hoailona ʻŌlelo o Hawaiʻi |
| Hong Kong Sign Language | Shanghai Sign Language | "香港手語" (HKSL). Derives from the southern dialect of CSL. |
| Huay Hai Sign Language | village | (Thailand) |
| Indo-Pakistani Sign Language | Indian | conflicting reports on whether Indian and Pakistani SL are one language or two. |
| Jakarta Sign Language | ASL:Malaysian?:Indonesian | a variety of Indonesian Sign Language |
| Japanese Sign Language | Japanese | "Nihon Shuwa (日本手話)" (JSL) |
| Jhankot Sign Language | village | (Nepal) |
| Jumla Sign Language | village | (Nepal) |
| Kailge Sign Language | village, perhaps related to SSSL | PNG |
| Kata Kolok | village | (a.k.a. Bali Sign Language, Benkala Sign Language) |
| Laotian Sign Language | (related to Vietnamese languages; may be more than one SL) | |
| Korean Sign Language (KSDSL) | Korean | "한국수어 (or 한국수화)" / "Hanguk Soo-hwa" Korean standard sign language – manually coded spoken Korean |
| Macau Sign Language | Shanghai Sign Language | "澳門手語" (MSL). Derives from the southern dialect of CSL. |
| Malaysian Sign Language | ASL | "Bahasa Isyarat Malaysia" (BIM) |
| Maldivian Sign Language (Dhivehi Sign Language) | Local, Indian, ASL | |
| Maunabudhuk–Bodhe Sign Language | village | Nepal |
| Mehek Sign Language | home sign? incipient? | PNG |
| Miyakubo Sign Language | village | Japan |
| Mongolian Sign Language | ? | "Монгол дохионы хэл" |
| Mount Avejaha Sign Language | village | PNG |
| Na Sai Sign Language | village | (Thailand) |
| Naga Sign Language | village? | (India) last reported in 1921 |
| Nepali Sign Language | Indian | Indigenous sign language with inputs from Indian Sign Language, American Sign Language, International Sign, and others |
| New Zealand Sign Language | British | (NZSL) |
| Old Bangkok Sign Language | local (or village?) | |
| Old Chiangmai Sign Language | local (or village?) | |
| Papua New Guinean Sign Language | British | |
| Penang Sign Language | local | (Malaysia) |
| Rennellese Sign Language | home sign, not a full language | (Solomon Islands) |
| Rossel Island Sign Language village | PNG | |
| Samoan Sign Language | Auslan | |
| Selangor Sign Language | ASL? | (Malaysia) |
| Sinasina Sign Language | village? | PNG, not clear if developed |
| Singapore Sign Language | French | A blend of ASL, Auslan, BSL, SEE2, SSL and locally-developed signs. |
| Solomon Islands Sign Language | ||
| Sri Lankan sign languages | local | (14 deaf schools with different languages) |
| Taiwanese Sign Language | Japanese | 臺灣手語 / Taiwan Ziran Shouyu |
| Tibetan Sign Language | local | |
| Thai Sign Language | ASL | (TSL) "แบบสะกดนิ้วมือไทย" (incl. Hai Yai) |
| Vietnamese sign languages | local | (Hanoi Sign Language, Ho Chi Minh Sign Language, Haiphong Sign Language; some may be related to some of the Thai languages) |
| Wanib Sign Language | village | PNG |
| Yogyakarta Sign Language | ASL:Malaysian?:Indonesian | a variety of Indonesian Sign Language |
| Yolŋu Sign Language | local |
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