Hausa Sign Language
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| Hausa Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| Kano Sign Language | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Kano |
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Native speakers
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(no data)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | hsl |
| Glottolog | haus1246[2] |
Hausa Sign Language (Maganar Hannu) is the indigenous sign language of the Deaf community in Hausa-speaking city of Kano in northern Nigeria.
References[edit]
- ^ Hausa Sign Language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Hausa Sign Language". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- Kamei, Nobutaka (2004). The Sign Languages of Africa, "Journal of African Studies" (Japan Association for African Studies) Vol. 64, March, 2004.
- Schmaling, Constanze (2000). Maganar Hannu: Language of the hands. A descriptive analysis of Hausa Sign Language. Hamburg: Signum.
- Schmaling, Constanze. 2001. ASL in Northern Nigeria: Will Hausa sign language survive. Signed languages: Discoveries from international research, ed. by Valerie Dively, 2001, 180-93. Gallaudet University Press
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