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- 1 2 Tanzanian Sign Language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ↑ Muzale, MRT (2004). Kamusi ya Lugha ya Alama ya Tanzania (LAT) / Tanzanian Sign Language (TSL) Dictionary. ISBN 9987-691-02-1.
- 1 2 LEE, J. C. (2012). They Have To See Us: An Ethnography of Deaf People in Tanzania. Unpublished dissertation, University of Colorado. https://scholar.colorado.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/n009w2365
- 1 2 3 Rothe, A. (2020). Deaf People in Arusha (Tanzania) - Navigating through a Multilingual Education System and Expectations To “Fit in.” Unpublished master’s thesis, Universität Wien, Vienna (Austria). https://phaidra.univie.ac.at/detail/o:1392094.pdf
- ↑ "Documentation and description of the Tabora variety of Tanzanian Sign Language". Projects. Universiteit Leiden. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- 1 2 Rothe, Andreas R. (2022). "Deaf People in Arusha (Tanzania): Experiences with a Multilingual Education System, Mainstream Society's Expectations, Deaf Spaces, and Identity". Sign Language Studies. 22 (4): 590–620. ISSN 0302-1475.
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