Indian Sign Language

Indian Sign Language
Indian Sign Language
Native to	India, Pakistan, Bangladesh
Native speakers	2.7 million in India (2003); number in Pakistan and Bangladesh unknown
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; Alipur Sign Language;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; ins – Indian Sign Language; pks – Pakistani Sign Language; wbs – West Bengal Sign Language
Glottolog	indi1237 Indian SL; paki1242 Pakistan SL

Indian Sign Language (ISL) is possibly the predominant sign language variety in South Asia, used by at least several hundred thousand deaf signers (2003).

References change

↑ Indian Sign Language at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
Pakistani Sign Language at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
West Bengal Sign Language at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
↑ The estimate of 5.9 million from Ethnologue 18's reference, IMB, is the number of deaf people.

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[e17-1] Indian Sign Language at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
Pakistani Sign Language at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
West Bengal Sign Language at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)

[2] The estimate of 5.9 million from Ethnologue 18's reference, IMB, is the number of deaf people.

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