| (documentation ChineseSignLanguage EnglishLanguage "ChineseSignLanguage is a DeafSignLanguage of China. SIL code: CSL. ISO 639-2: sgn. Population: (3,000,000 deaf persons in China, 1986 Gallaudet Univ.). Region: Also spoken in Malaysia, Taiwan. Dialects: SHANGHAI SIGN LANGUAGE. Comments: There are several dialects, of which Shanghai is the most influential. Few signs of foreign origin. Schools and workshops or farms for the deaf are channels of dissemination. Developed since the late 1950s. There are also Chinese character signs. Others use home sign languages. The first deaf school was begun by missionary C.R. Mills and wife in 1887, but American Sign Language did not influence Chinese Sign Language. Dictionary. Grammar. TV.(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") |
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