Guinea

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Name of the country/area Guinea
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Contents

Indigenous signs for "Guinea"

Illustrations in the literature

"Guinea" (In: Japanese Federation of the Deaf ed. Supervisor: Hedberg, Tomas. 2003. Country name-signs. Helsinki, Finland: World Federation of the Deaf. 95.)


Spoken languages

French


Sign languages

Guinean Sign Language


Related sign languages:

American Sign Language


Population of Deaf/deaf people

Guinea Association of the Deaf 's official or approximate number of Deaf people: 528.; Sign language users : 528. (WFD. 2008. Global Survey Report. : See Bibliography below.)


Legal status of sign languages

  • Status of the National Sign Language(s) from WFD. 2008. Global Survey Report. (See Bibliography below).

1. The country’s government does not formally recognise the country’s sign language(s).

2. Deaf Association/Deaf Group lobbies the government for the recognition of the country’s sign language(s)


Organizations and associations of the Deaf/deaf

Association Guinéenne des Sourds (AGS)  (WFD member; established in 1985. (WFD. 2008. Global Survey Report. : See Bibliography below.))


Institutes, associations and universities for sign language studies

Education for the deaf

1.The government does not recognizes that Deaf children and Deaf students have the right to receive an education.

2.Legislation or policies on Deaf Education:

None

3.The government provides those educational settings for Deaf children and Deaf students:

Kindergarten (Between 3/4 years old to 5/6 years old)
Primary (From 5/6 years old to 12/13 years old)

4.The government provides bilingual education using the country’s sign language(s) for Deaf children and Deaf students in those educational settings:

None

5.Total number of schools specifically for Deaf children and Deaf students in the country, and the educational approach for communicating with Deaf children and students at the Deaf School:

Our country has only one school for the Deaf which is only at the primary level (to Form 6A). There is no University or training centre available for Deaf people.
Oral and Sign Language (Total Communication)

6.Deaf people’s access to a University education and sign language interpreting services at University:

None


Sign language interpretation

  • Status of Sign Language Interpreting Services from WFD. 2008. Global Survey Report. (See Bibliography below).

1.The number of sign language interpreters in the country:

None

2. Sign language interpreting qualifications.

None

3.The number of sign language interpreters who have formal interpreting qualifications in the country:

None

4.The way Deaf people access sign language interpreters:

They don’t.

5.The provider of the sign language interpreting services:

None

6.The payment for interpreting services, and those who are responsible for paying:

Sign language interpreters do not receive payment for interpreting services

7.National Association of Sign Language Interpreters:

None

8.National Code of Ethics for sign language interpreters:

None

9.Legislation or policy in the country which states that the government has a responsibility for the provision of sign language :

The National Disability Act-Act715.


Deaf communities and cultures

Religious activities by the Deaf

Famous Deaf persons and hearing persons concerned with sign languages

Sign language dictionaries

The country does not have a sign language dictionary ( WFD. 2008. Global Survey Report. (See Bibliography below)).


Bibliography

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


Researchers

History of sign language research

Events

Links

Deaf cultures and Sign Languages of the world: Guinea


Notes

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