JapaneseSignLanguage is a DeafSignLanguage of Japan. SIL code: JSL. ISO 639-2: sgn. Population: Hearing impaired: 317,000 (1986 Gallaudet Univ.). Alternate names: SHUWA, TEMANE. Comments: Related to Taiwanese and Korean sign languages. Over 95% of the deaf understand Japanese Sign Language. 107 deaf schools. The first school was in Kyoto in 1878. 'Temane' is the former name. Pidgin Signed Japanese is different. Pidgin Signed Japanese is used often in formal situations, lectures, speeches. 80% of the deaf understand finger spelling. TV.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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