Tanzanian Sign Language
A language of Tanzania
| Population | No estimate available. |
| Alternate names | Lugha Ya Alama, “Lugha Ya Bubu” |
| Classification | Deaf sign language |
| Language development | Dictionary. |
| Comments | Schools for the deaf in the past used different sign languages. More recently Tanzanian sign language was standardized by CHAVITA (Tanzania Association for the Deaf) and there are efforts to use it in most schools for the deaf. Primary schools for deaf children since 1963. About 5% of deaf children attend school. Committee on national sign language. Little research. |
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