Saigon Sign Language
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| Ho Chi Minh City Sign | |
|---|---|
| Saigon Sign | |
| Native to | Vietnam |
Native speakers | ~45,000? |
(SE Asian sign area)
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | hos |
| Glottolog | hoch1237[1] |
'Ho Chi Minh City Sign Language , also known as Sai Gon Sign Language, is the language of many deaf communities in a southern of Viet Nam. This sign language was named Ho Chi Minh City Sign language by Prof. Dr. Woodward who is the first American linguistic came to Viet Nam in 1986 to do a research about sign languages in Viet Nam[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]
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Ho Chi Minh City Sign Language". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ^ Jepsen, Julie Bakken; Clerck, Goedele De; Lutalo-Kiingi, Sam; McGregor, William B. (2015-10-16). Sign Languages of the World: A Comparative Handbook. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 9781614518174.
