Penang Sign Language

Penang Sign Language
Bahasa Isyarat Pulau Pinang
Native toMalaysia
Regionoriginally Penang
Native speakers
1,000 older signers (no date)[1]
most bilingual in Malaysian Sign
Language codes
ISO 639-3psg
Glottologpena1248
ELPPenang Sign Language

Penang Sign Language (Malay: Bahasa Isyarat Pulau Pinang) was developed in Malaysia by deaf children, outside the classroom, when oralism was predominant. It is now mainly used by older people, although many younger people can understand it.

  1. ^ Penang Sign Language at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009) Closed access icon

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