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| Indo-Pakistani Sign Language | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Native to | India, Pakistan, Bangladesh | ||
| Signers | 6,000,000 in India (Indian Sign Language, ins), 1,080,000 in Pakistan (Pakistan Sign Language, pks) (2021)[citation needed] | ||
Possibly related to Nepalese Sign | |||
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |||
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:ins – Indian Sign Languagepks – Pakistani Sign Languagewbs – West Bengal Sign Language | ||
| Glottolog | indo1332 Indo-Pakistani Signindi1237 Indian SLpaki1242 Pakistan SL | ||
Area of use by country. Native Countries
Partial Users
Non-native users on large scale | |||
Indo-Pakistani Sign Language (IPSL) is the predominant sign language in the subcontinent of South Asia, used by at least 15 million deaf signers.[1][2] 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.[3][4] As of 2021, it is the most used sign language in the world, and Ethnologue ranks it as the 151st most "spoken" language in the world.[5]
Some scholars regard varieties in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and possibly Nepal as variety of Indo-Pakistani Sign Language. Others recognize some varieties as separate languages. The ISO standard currently distinguishes:
- Indian Sign Language (ins),
- Pakistan Sign Language (pks),
- West Bengal Sign Language (Kolkata Sign Language) (wbs), and
- Nepalese Sign Language (nsp).[4]
- ^ Vasishta, M., J. C. Woodward, and K. L. Wilson (1978). "Sign Language in India: Regional Variation within the Deaf Population". Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics. 4 (2): 66–74.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Ethnologue gives the signing population in India as 2,680,000 in 2003.
Gordon, Raymond G. Jr. (ed.) (2005). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International.{{cite book}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ Ulrike Zeshan (2000). Sign Language of Indo-Pakistan: A description of a Signed Language. Philadelphia, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Co.
- ^ a b Indian Sign Language, Ethnologue
- ^ What are the top 200 most spoken languages?, Ethnologue