The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: XML
ISO 639-2: sgn
| Population | No estimate available. |
| Alternate names | BAHASA MALAYSIA KOD TANGAN |
| Classification | Deaf sign language. |
| Comments | It is manually coded Bahasa Malaysia; it is easier than manual codes for other languages because Bahasa Malaysia is comparatively noninflected. It has input from local and American signs and structure. Under development by the Ministry of Education since 1978, and used in government programs. Words without signs are fingerspelled using the international version of the American manual alphabet. |
