Afghan Sign Language
A language of Afghanistan
| Population | 500 (2007). |
| Region | Mainly Jalalabad, Kabul, Mazar-e Sharif, Heart, Kandahar and surrounding areas. |
| Alternate names | Afghan Sign |
| Classification | Deaf sign language |
| Language use | Official language. |
| Language development | Magazines. Dictionary. Grammar. |
| Comments | Taught only in the SHIP school, which has 150 students K-10th. After K, teachers are hearing. Hearing teachers’ signing is often like sign with Pushto or Dari grammar and idiom. |
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