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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 56811-56811 | |
| (termFormat ChineseTraditionalLanguage TaiwaneseSignLanguage "台灣手語") | domainEnglishFormat.kif 56810-56810 | |
| (termFormat EnglishLanguage TaiwaneseSignLanguage "taiwanese sign language") | domainEnglishFormat.kif 56809-56809 |
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