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Indo-Pakistani Sign Language (IPSL) is the predominant sign language in the subcontinent of South Asia, used by at least 15 million deaf signers. As with many sign languages, it is difficult to estimate numbers with any certainty, as the Census of India does not list sign languages and most studies have focused on the north and urban areas.
Indo-Pakistani Sign Language: Related to Nepalese Sign Language and possibly others in south Asia: No legal recognition. Native to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh: 6,300,000 (2019) Chinese Sign Language: Independent language family; not related to other sign language families Legally recognized by China 4,000,000 (2021) Indonesian Sign Language
LanguageFamily Or OriginLegal Recognition And Where Spoken ...Ethnologue EstimateRelated to Nepalese Sign Language and ...No legal recognition. Native to India, ...6,300,000 (2019)Independent language family; not related ...Legally recognized by China4,000,000 (2021)900,000 (2016) [1]Native to Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, ...715,000 (2014) [2]As of 2021, Indo-Pakistani Sign Language is the most-used sign language in the world, and Ethnologue ranks it as the 151st most "spoken" language in the world. Some sign languages have obtained some form of legal recognition.
Indo-Pakistani Sign Language (IPSL) is the predominant sign language in South Asia, used by at least several hundred thousand deaf signers (2003). As with many sign languages, it is difficult to estimate numbers with any certainty, as the Census of India does not list sign languages and most studies have focused on the north and on urban areas.
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Indo-Pakistani Sign Language (IPSL) is the sign lan guage used by deaf communities in urban centers in parts of the In dian subcontinent. The language community is large, estimated at several hundred thousand signers, if not more (Vasishta, Woodward, and Wilson 1978). IPSL is not known to be related to other sign languages of either Asia or ...
The Indian Signing System or Indian Sign System ( ISS) is a convention for manually coded language used in India. [1] It uses the words (signs) of Indian Sign Language with the word order and grammar of at least six official oral languages of India, including Urdu (Signed Urdu), Hindi (Signed Hindi), Marathi (Signed Marathi), Telugu (Signed ...
This article presents an outline of basic aspects of the grammar of Indo-Pakistani Sign Language (IPSL), the sign language used in deaf communities in parts of the Indian subcontinent, cast in a typological framework.
