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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.
- Bangalore-Madras Sign Language, Bombay Sign Language, Calcutta Sign Language, Delhi Sign Language, North West Frontier Province Sign Language, Punjab-Sindh Sign Language
- Possibly related to Nepalese Sign
In this book, for the first time, an indigenous Asian sign language used in deaf communities in India and Pakistan is described on all linguistically relevant levels and a substantial part of Indopakistani Sign Language grammar is covered.
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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 Europe.
Indo-Pakistani Sign Language (IPSL) is the predominant sign language in South Asia, used by at least several hundred thousand deaf signers (2003). [5] [6] 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 ...
Indo-Pakistani Sign Language (IPSL) is the predominant sign language in South Asia, used by at least several hundred thousand deaf signers (2003).
Sign Language in Indo-Pakistan: A Description of a Signed Language by Ulrike Zeshan (Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2000, 178 pp., cloth, $50.00) Where the hand goes, the eye follows; where the eye goes, the mind goes; where the mind goes, is the heart; where the heart is, lies the reality of being.
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.
