Saigon Sign Language Explained

Ho Chi Minh City Sign
Also Known As:Saigon Sign
States:Vietnam
Speakers:45,000
Date:2015
Ref:e25
Speakers Label:Signers
Familycolor:sign language
Fam1:(SE Asian sign area)
Fam2:Deaf-community sign language
Fam3:Vietnamese sign languages
Iso3:hos
Glotto:hoch1237
Glottorefname:Ho Chi Minh City Sign Language

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.[1] 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

  1. Book: Woodward, James . Thi Hoa . Nguyen . Dinh Mong Giang . Nguyen . Thi Thu Huong . Le . Ngoc Tu . Luu . Thu Van . Ho . Sign Languages of the World . Ho Chi Minh City Sign Language . De Gruyter . 25 September 2015 . 10.1515/9781614518174-021. Jepsen. Julie Bakken. Clerck. Goedele De. Lutalo-Kiingi. Sam. McGregor. William B.. William B. McGregor. 9781614518174. en.