Kenyan Sign Language
From AASL
Language name | Kenyan Sign Language |
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Region | Kenya |
Language name
Kenyan Sign Language
(KSL)
Region
Population of signers
340,000 (2007 DOOR), increasing. (Ethnologue web Edition)
Language family
Dialects
Linguistic characteristics
History
Related sign languages
Related spoken languages
Institutes, associations and universities
Dictionaries
Akach, Philemon A.O. 2001. Kenyan Sign Language dictionary (Revised). Nairobi: Kenya National Association for the Deaf.
Akach, Philemon A.O. 1991. Kenyan Sign Language dictionary. Nairobi: Kenya National Association for the Deaf.
Bibliography
Morgan, Hope. 2016. Language From Gesture: A Case Study From East Africa. Oral presentation at Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research Conference (TISLR 12).
Morgan, Hope. 2013. Rightward movement of wh-elements in Japanese Sign Language: A preliminary study. Poster presentation at Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research (TISLR11)
Morgan, Hope. 2013. Spatial Agreement and Word Order in Kenyan Sign Language. Poster presentation at Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research (TISLR11)
Morgan, Hope and Rachel Mayberry. 2010. The handshape parameter in Kenyan Sign Language. Presentation at the Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research Conference (TISLR 10).
Kenya sign Language research project. 1998. KSL vocabulary pamphlets.(Time). University of Nairobi, Kenya.
Kenya sign Language research project. 1998. KSL vocabulary pamphlets.(Family).University of Nairobi, Kenya.
Kenya sign Language research project. 1998. KSL vocabulary pamphlets.(animals).University of Nairobi, Kenya.
Akach, Philemon A.O. 1992. Sentence formation in Kenyan Sign Language. In: The East African Sign Language Seminar, Karen, Nairobi, Kenya, 24th-28th August 1992. [Copenhagen?]: Danish Deaf Association.45-51.
Akach, Philemon A.O. 1992. News from Kenya. In : Signpost. summer 1992. 54-56.
Akach, Philemon A.O. 1991. Sentence types in Kenya Sign Language. Unpublished M.A. dissertation. University of Nairobi.
Ndurumo, Michael M. 1987. Development and implementation of sign language in Kenya. In : Proceedings of the X world congress of the World Federation of the Deaf. Helsinki: The Finnish Association of the Deaf.
Researchers
History of sign language research
Related pages
Links
Kenya Sign Language Interpreters Association (KSLIA)
Demonstration of KSL CD developed by Peace Corps Volunteers working in Kenya.
Easy To Learn Kenyan/Zambian Sign Language poster