Korean Sign Language
| Korean Sign Language | |
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| Native to | South Korea |
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Native speakers
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Japanese Sign
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| ISO 639-3 | kvk |
| Glottolog | kore1273[2] |
Korean Sign Language or KSL (Korean: 手話 수화 Suhwa) is the deaf sign language of Korea.[3]
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1889[edit]
The beginnings of KSL date from 1889.[4] The first primary school for deaf children, opened in 1908, used KSL.
Commonality[edit]
Although the origins of KSL predate the colonial period, the sign language developed some features in common with Japanese Sign Language (JSL) grammar.[4] KSL is considered part of the Japanese Sign Language family.[5]
Deaf[edit]
180,000 to 300,000 in South Korea http://aasl.aacore.jp/wiki/South_Korea
Functional markers[edit]
KSL, like other sign languages, incorporates non-manual markers with lexical, syntactic, discourse, and affective functions. These include brow raising and furrowing, frowning, head shaking and nodding, and leaning and shifting the torso.[6]
See also[edit]
Dictionary[edit]
Korean Sign Language Dictionary (Korean)
Notes[edit]
- ^ Korean Sign Language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Korean Sign Language". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ^ KSL is currently used in South Korea; however, the situation in North Korea is unknown.
- ^ a b Fischer, Susan et al. (2010). "Variation in East Asian Sign Language Structures" in Sign Languages, p. 501., p. 501, at Google Books
- ^ Fischer, p. 499., p. 499, at Google Books
- ^ Fischer, p. 507., p. 507, at Google Books
References[edit]
- Brentari, Diane. (2010). Sign Languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521883702; OCLC 428024472
- Wittmann, Henri (1991). "Classification linguistique des langues signées non vocalement," Revue québécoise de linguistique théorique et appliquée. Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 215–288, 283.
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