Korean Sign Language

Korean Sign Language

Korean Sign Language (Korean: Hangeul 수화, Hanja: 手話, Transliteration: Soo-hwa/Su-hwa) is used by deaf Koreans in the Republic of South Korea.

ee also

*Korean manual alphabet
*Korean language


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