Indian Sign Language
Indian Sign Language (ISL) is possibly the predominant sign language variety in South Asia, used by at least several hundred thousand deaf signers (2003).
| Indian Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| Native to | India, Pakistan, Bangladesh |
| Native speakers | 2.7 million in India (2003)e17 number in Pakistan and Bangladesh unknown[1] |
| Language family | Possibly related to Nepalese Sign |
| Dialects | Bangalore-Madras Sign Language
Bombay Sign Language
Calcutta Sign Language
Delhi Sign Language
North West Frontier Province Sign Language
Punjab-Sindh Sign Language
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously: ins – Indian Sign Language pks – Pakistani Sign Language wbs – West Bengal Sign Language |
References
- ↑ The estimate of 5.9 million from Ethnologue 18's reference, IMB, is the number of deaf people.
