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Sigma KEE - TaiwaneseSignLanguage
TaiwaneseSignLanguage(taiwanese sign language)

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(documentation TaiwaneseSignLanguage EnglishLanguage "TaiwaneseSignLanguage is a DeafSignLanguage of Taiwan. SIL code: TSS. ISO 639-2: sgn. Population: 30,000 users (1986 Gallaudet Univ.). Alternate names: ZIRAN SHOUYU. Dialects: TAIPEI, TAINAN. Comments: 2 major dialects. The sources from which the sign language developed were indigenous sign systems before 1895, Japanese occupation and education 1895-1946, Mainland Chinese Sign Language brought by refugees in 1949 and some from Hong Kong since. 50% lexical similarity with Japanese Sign Language. Quite different from (Mainland) Chinese Sign Language; only a few signs are the same or similar. Not related to Taiwanese languages. Some signs are borrowed from Mandarin through palmwriting. There is also a Signed Mandarin (Wenfa Shouyu).(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") Languages.kif 1201-1211
(instance TaiwaneseSignLanguage DeafSignLanguage) Languages.kif 1200-1200 Taiwanese sign language is an instance of deaf sign language

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(termFormat ChineseLanguage TaiwaneseSignLanguage "台湾手语") domainEnglishFormat.kif 56809-56809
(termFormat ChineseTraditionalLanguage TaiwaneseSignLanguage "台灣手語") domainEnglishFormat.kif 56808-56808
(termFormat EnglishLanguage TaiwaneseSignLanguage "taiwanese sign language") domainEnglishFormat.kif 56807-56807


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