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- ↑ "though was not recognized by Nepal's government until ten years later" p 289 in Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway (2011) Lending a hand: Competence through cooperation in Nepal's Deaf associations, Language in Society 40, 285–306.
- 1 2 Raghav Bir Joshi (1991) Nepal: A paradise for the deaf? Sign Language Studies 20: 161-168.
- ↑ P. Ross, and NK Devkota (1989). Nepali Sign Language Dictionary: The Welfare Society for the Hearing Impaired. Kathmandu: Shayogi Press
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