Tanzanian Sign Language

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Basic information of the sign language
Language name Tanzanian Sign Language
Region Tanzania


Contents

Language name

Tanzanian Sign Language

(Indigenous names) Lugha Ya Alama, "Lugha Ya Bubu”


Region

Tanzania


Population of signers

Tanzania Association of the Deaf's official or approximate number of Sign Language Users: 278,000. (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

Muzale, HRT ed. 2004. Kamusi ya alama Tanzania(The Tanzanian sign language dictionary). Second edition. Dar es Salaam: Chama cha Viziwi Tanzania (Tanzanian Association of the Deaf) and Languages of Tanzania (LOT project - University of Dar es Salaam).

1993. Kamusi ya alama Tanzania(The Tanzanian sign language dictionary). First edition. Dar es Salaam: Chama cha Viziwi Tanzania (Tanzanian Association of the Deaf).


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.

Anduru, Agoro. 1992. The development of sign language in Tanzania. In: East African Sign Language Seminar. Debre Zeit, Ethiopia, August 20-26, 1990. Helsinki : Finnish Association of the Deaf. 40-41.


Researchers

History of sign language research

Related pages

Links

Fingeralphabete (Tanzania)


Notes

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