Singapore Sign Language

Singapore Sign Language

language
name=Singapore Sign Language
nativename=
states=Singapore
region=
signers="no estimate available"
family="unknown"
iso2=sgn-SEE
iso3=sls

Singapore does not really have its own original sign language just as it has no original language. However the actual sign language taught in schools is SEE or Signed Exact English which as the name suggests is exact word-for-word English signing. In everyday use, some signs are borrowed from Shanghai Sign Language, which was taught in schools until the 60sFact|date=August 2007.

See also

American Sign Language

References

# [http://www.sadeaf.org.sg/Sign%20Language.htm] - Singapore sign language from Singapore Association for the Deaf.


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