Eritrean Sign Language

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Basic information of the sign language
Language name Eritrean Sign Language
Region Eritrea


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Language name

Eritrean Sign Language


Region

Eritrea


Population of signers

The National Government’s official number of Deaf people : 20,000. National Deaf Association of Eritrea's official or approximate number of Sign Language Users: 5,000. (WFD. 2008. Global Survey Report. : See Bibliography below.)


Language family

Dialects

Linguistic characteristics

History

Related sign languages

Related spoken languages

Institutes, associations and universities

Dictionaries

Bibliography

World Federation of the Deaf and Swedish National Association of the Deaf. 2008. Global Survey Report. WFD Regional Secretariat for Southern and Eastern Africa (WFD RSESA). Global Education Pre-Planning Project on the Human Rights of Deaf People. World Federation of the Deaf. Finland.

Moges, Rezenet. 2006. Construction in Eritrean Sign Language: an Anthropological Linguistic Perspective. In : Conference paper from TISLR-9 (9th. Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research Conference), Florianopolis, Brazil; Poster Session.

Moges, Rezenet. 2005=2006. Constructing the Sign Language of Eritoria. In:Sign Language Communication Studies(Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies, Japanese Federation of the Deaf) 59(2006.03):67.(translated by Kamei, Nobutaka. in Japanese)[ Report of American Anthropological Association 104th Annual Meeting Washington DC Dec. 1. 2005 7:45 PM–9:30 PM. "Endangered World Languages : Sign Languages and Their Variations"]


Researchers

History of sign language research

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