Singapore
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==Legal status of sign languages== | ==Legal status of sign languages== |
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Name of the country/area | Singapore |
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Formal name of the country/area | Republic of Singapore |
Country/area information | The World Factbook(CIA) |
Wikipedia(English) |
Indigenous signs for "Singapore"
Illustrations in the literature
"Singapore" (In: Japanese Federation of the Deaf ed. Supervisor: Hedberg, Tomas. 2003. Country name-signs. Helsinki, Finland: World Federation of the Deaf. 13.)
Spoken languages
Malay
English
Chinese
Tamil
Sign languages
Related sign languages:
Population of Deaf/deaf people
The population of the signers of Singapore Sign Language: 3,000. Very few monolinguals (2007 SIL).
Legal status of sign languages
Organizations and associations of the Deaf/deaf
The Singapore Association for the Deaf (WFD member, cited from WFD website)
Institutes, associations and universities for sign language studies
Education for the deaf
Deaf communities and cultures
Religious activities by the Deaf
Famous Deaf persons and hearing persons concerned with sign languages
Sign language dictionaries
Singapore Association for the Deaf Sign Language Committee. 1990. Sign for Singapore. Singapore: Time Books International.
Bibliography
Researchers
History of sign language research
Events
Links
Notes
Asia (general) | Asia (general) |
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East Asia | China | Japan | Mongolia | North Korea | South Korea |
Southeast Asia | Brunei | Cambodia | East Timor | Indonesia | Laos | Malaysia | Myanmar | Philippines | Singapore | Thailand | Vietnam |
South Asia | Bangladesh | Bhutan | India | Maldives | Nepal | Pakistan | Sri Lanka |
West Asia | Afghanistan |
Areas and others | Hong Kong | Macau | Taiwan |