Japanese Sign Language
A language of Japan
| Population | 317,000 (VanCleve 1986). |
| Alternate names | Shuwa, Temane |
| Dialects | Related to Taiwanese and Korean sign languages. |
| Classification | Deaf sign language |
| Language use | Over 95% of the Deaf understand Japanese Sign Language. 107 deaf schools. The first school in Kyoto in 1878. |
| Language development | TV. |
| Comments | ‘Temane’ is the former name. Pidgin Signed Japanese is used often in formal situations, lectures, speeches. 80% of the Deaf understand finger spelling. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
HURLBUT, Hope M., author. 2008. "A survey of sign language in Taiwan."
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