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Korean Sign Language or KSL (Korean: 한국 수화 언어 or short name 한국 수어) is a sign language used for deaf communities of South Korea. It is one of two official languages in the country, alongside Korean .
(a.k.a. Bali Sign Language, Benkala Sign Language) Laotian Sign Language (related to Vietnamese languages; may be more than one SL) Korean Sign Language (KSDSL) Japanese "한국수어 (or 한국수화)" / "Hanguk Soo-hwa" Korean standard sign language – manually coded spoken Korean. Macau Sign Language: Shanghai Sign Language "澳門手語 ...
The Korean manual alphabet is used by the Deaf in South Korea who speak Korean Sign Language. It is a one-handed alphabet that mimics the shapes of the letters in Hangul , and is used when signing Korean as well as being integrated into KSL.
It is unclear when exactly Deaf people in South Korea began to develop Korean Sign Language (KSL). The introduction of deaf schools in 1909 established it as a language. [1] During Japanese colonialism from 1910 to 1945, Japanese Sign Language (JSL) was introduced to Korea. [1] The contact between the two languages lead to the reshaping of KSL. [1]
Korean language in South Korea (10 P) S. South Korean singers by language (2 C) ... Korean Sign Language; L. Languages of South Korea; M. Mahan language
Russian Sign Language: French Sign Language family: Native to Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Bulgaria, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania: 715,000 (2014) [2] Brazilian Sign Language: French Sign Language family: Legally recognized by law (10.436) in Brazil, on April 24, 2002 [3] 600,000 (2019) Spanish Sign Language: possibly French Sign ...
A language that uniquely represents the national identity of a state, nation, and/or country and is so designated by a country's government; some are technically minority languages. (On this page a national language is followed by parentheses that identify it as a national language status.) Some countries have more than one language with this ...
Korean Sign Language: South Korea (with Korean) Kpelle: Guinea (a national language along with Fula, Kissi, Malinke, Susu, Toma, Oniyan, Wamey, the official language ...