Indian Sign Language
A language of India
| Population | 2,680,000 in India. 2,680,000 in India (2003). |
| Region | Widespread. Also in Bangladesh, Pakistan. |
| Alternate names | Indo-Pakistani Sign Language, Urban Indian Sign Language |
| Dialects | Calcutta Sign Language, Bangalore-Chennai-Hyderabad Sign Language, Mumbai-Delhi Sign Language. Over 75% of signs from all regions are related. Mumbai-Delhi dialect is most influential. Some influence from British Sign Language [bfi] in the fingerspelling system and a few other signs developed indigenously in India. Related to Nepalese Sign Language [nsp]. |
| Classification | Deaf sign language |
| Language use | Deaf schools mainly do not use ISL, but vocational programs often do. Nearly all educated Deaf are bilingual in a language of wider communication to some degree. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: Below 2%. Male literacy rate is higher than female as men more likely to attend school. TV. Videos. Dictionary. |
| Comments | 2% or less of deaf children attend deaf schools. In 2001, interpretive training courses initiated in Mumbai by the Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for Hearing Handicapped. |
Also spoken in:
Bangladesh
| Language name | Indian Sign Language |
| Comments | The Indian manual English system is hardly understandable to American Signed English. |
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