Hanoi Sign Language

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Hanoi Sign
Native to Vietnam
Native speakers
39,000 (2015) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 hab
Glottolog hano1243
ELP Hanoi Sign Language

Hanoi Sign Language is the deaf-community sign language of the city of Hanoi in Vietnam. It is about 50% cognate with the other sign languages of Vietnam, and its vocabulary has been extensively influenced by the French Sign Language once taught in Vietnamese schools for the deaf.

References

  1. Hanoi Sign at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg