Israel
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Revision as of 21:23, 16 March 2010
Name of the country/area | Israel |
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Formal name of the country/area | State of Israel |
Country/area information | The World Factbook (CIA) |
Wikipedia (English) |
Indigenous signs for "Israel"
Illustrations in the literature
"Israel" (In: Japanese Federation of the Deaf ed. Supervisor: Hedberg, Tomas. 2003. Country name-signs. Helsinki, Finland: World Federation of the Deaf. 83.)
Spoken languages
Hebrew
Sign languages
Al Sayyid Bedouin Sign Language
Related sign languages:
Population of Deaf/deaf people
The population of the signers of Israeli Sign Language: 5,000 users including some hearing persons (Van Cleve 1986).
Legal status of sign languages
Organizations and associations of the Deaf/deaf
The Association of the Deaf in Israel (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
Savir, Hava ed. 1992. Sha'ar li-´sefat simanim Yi´sra'elit = Gateway to Israeli Sign Language. Tel Aviv: The Association of the Deaf in Israel.
Namir, Lila, Israel Sella, Mordechai Rimor and Izchak M Schlesinger. 1977. Dictionary of sign language of the deaf in Israel. Jerusalem: Ministry of Social Welfare.
Bibliography
Wade, Nicholas. 2005 February 1. A new language arises, and scientists watch it evolve. In:The New York Times v.CLIV no.53,112, p.F3.
Schlesinger, Izchak M. and Lila Namir. 1976. Recent research on Israeli Sign Language. In: Report on the 4th International Conference on Deafness. Tel Aviv, March, 18-23, 1973. Silver Spring, Md.: National Association of the Deaf. 114.
Researchers
History of sign language research
Events
Links
Notes
Middle East (general) | Middle East (general) |
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Anatolia | Turkey |
Arabian Peninsula | Bahrain | Kuwait | Oman | Qatar | Saudi Arabia | UAE | Yemen |
Iranian Plateau | Iran |
Levant | Israel | Jordan | Lebanon | Syria |
Areas and others | Palestine |