Sudanese sign languages explained

Sudanese sign
States:Sudan, South Sudan
Speakers:?
Familycolor:sign language
Family:several Deaf-community sign languages, perhaps also village sign languages
Iso3:none
Glotto:none

Sudan and South Sudan have multiple regional sign languages, which are not mutually intelligible. A survey of just three states found 150 sign languages, though this number included instances of home sign. Government figures estimate there are at least about 48,900 deaf people in Sudan.[1] By 2009, the Sudanese National Union of the Deaf had worked out a Unified Sudanese Sign Language, but it had not yet been widely disseminated.

Notes and References

  1. Karen Andrae . 2009. Language for inclusion (Sign language in Sudan). Film by Karen Andrae/ADD International. . English . YouTube . Sudan . 21 December 2021.