Hanoi Sign Language Explained

Hanoi Sign
States:Vietnam
Speakers:39,000
Date:2015
Ref:e25
Familycolor:sign language
Fam1:(SE Asian sign area)
Fam2:Deaf-community sign language
Fam3:Vietnamese sign languages
Iso3:hab
Glotto:hano1243
Glottorefname:Hanoi Sign Language

Hanoi Sign Language is the deaf-community sign language of the city of Hanoi in Vietnam. 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.