Saigon Sign Language
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| Ho Chi Minh City Sign | |
|---|---|
| Saigon Sign | |
| Native to | Vietnam |
| Signers | 45,000 (2015)[1] |
(SE Asian sign area)
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | hos |
| Glottolog | hoch1237 |
| ELP | Lua error in Module:Endangered_Languages_Project at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
Ho Chi Minh City Sign Language (HCMCSL), also known as Sai Gon Sign Language, is the language of many deaf communities in the south of Vietnam. Research on this sign language started when James Woodward came to Ha Noi in 1997 to do research about sign languages in Vietnam.[2] It is about 50% cognate with the other sign languages of Vietnam, and its vocabulary has been extensively influenced by the French Sign Language once taught in Vietnamese schools for the deaf.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Ho Chi Minh City Sign at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
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