Malaysia
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[[Kuala Lumpur Sign Language]] | [[Kuala Lumpur Sign Language]] | ||
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[[Selangor Sign Language]] | [[Selangor Sign Language]] | ||
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Revision as of 14:11, 26 November 2009
| Name of the country/area | Malaysia |
|---|---|
| Formal name of the country/area | Malaysia |
| Country/area information | The World Factbook(CIA) |
| Wikipedia(English) |
Indigenous signs for "Malaysia"
Movies
Sign of country name "Malaysia" (Data offered by Deaf informants in Malaysia; movie made by Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies)
Illustrations in the literature
"Malaysia" (In: Japanese Federation of the Deaf ed. Supervisor: Hedberg, Tomas. 2003. Country name-signs. Helsinki, Finland: World Federation of the Deaf. 20.)
Spoken languages
Bahasa Malaysia
Sign languages
Malaysian Sign Language (Bahasa Malaysia Kod Tangan, created by the government since 1978; influenced by American Sign Language)
Related sign languages:
Population of Deaf/deaf people
Legal status of sign languages
Organizations and associations of the Deaf/deaf
Malaysian Federation of the Deaf (MFD) (WFD member, cited from WFD website)
http://www.mfd.org.my/public/index.asp
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
Bibliography
Researchers
History of sign language research
Events
Links
Sign Languages in Asia: Malaysia (Data offered by Deaf informants in Malaysia; movies made by Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies)
Notes
| Asia (general) | Asia (general) |
|---|---|
| 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 |
