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Hong Kong Sign Language (香港手語), alternatively romanized as Hong Kong Saujyu and popularly abbreviated in English as HKSL, is the deaf sign language of Hong Kong and Macau. It derived from the southern dialect of Chinese Sign Language , but is now an independent, mutually unintelligible language.
Hong Kong Sign Language derives from the southern dialect, but by now is a separate language. [7] The Shanghai dialect is found in Malaysia and Taiwan, but Chinese Sign Language is unrelated to Taiwanese Sign Language (which is part of the Japanese family), Malaysian Sign Language (of the French family), or to Tibetan Sign Language (isolate).
English was the sole official language of Hong Kong from 1883 to 1974. Only after demonstrations and petitions from Hong Kong people demanding equal status for Chinese [7] [better source needed] did the language become official in Hong Kong from 1974 onward.
Chinese Sign Language; H. Hong Kong Sign Language; T. Tibetan Sign Language This page was last edited on 16 October 2021, at 07:54 (UTC). ...
However, Hong Kong lacks an unified and complete sign language. [3] Most sign languages are created by different local deaf organizations so a vocabulary may have several expressions. Moreover, most vocabularies are about daily life and specialized vocabularies related to education are insufficient.
Uruguayan Sign Language: French Sign Language family: Uruguay: Legally recognized in Uruguay since 2001 under Law 17.378 [9] [10] 20,000 (2019) [11] Hong Kong Sign Language: Chinese Sign Language family: Hong Kong: 20,000 (2007) Nepali Sign Language: Indo-Pakistani Sign Language orlanguage isolate (disputed) Nepal: 20,000 (2014) Taiwan Sign ...
The PRC tends to print material intended for people in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, and overseas Chinese in traditional characters. For example, versions of the People's Daily are printed in traditional characters, and both People's Daily and Xinhua have traditional character versions of their website available, using Big5 encoding.
Silence (Chinese: 龍耳) is a Hong Kong charity, with a focus on deaf people who use Hong Kong Sign Language and their family and friends, [1] and is also a member of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service.