Hanoi Sign Language
Appearance
Hanoi Sign | |
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Native to | Vietnam |
Native speakers | 39,000 (2015)[1] |
(SE Asian sign area)
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | hab |
Glottolog | hano1243 |
ELP | Hanoi Sign Language |
Hanoi Sign Language is the deaf-community sign language of the city of Hanoi in Vietnam. It is about 50% cognate with the other sign languages of Vietnam, and its vocabulary has been extensively influenced by the French Sign Language once taught in Vietnamese schools for the deaf.
References
[edit]- ^ Hanoi Sign at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)