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Nepalese Sign Language or Nepali Sign Language (Nepali: नेपाली साङ्केतिक भाषा, romanized: Nēpālī Sāṅkētika Bhāṣā) is the main sign language of Nepal. It is a partially standardized language based informally on the variety used in Kathmandu , with some input from varieties from Pokhara and elsewhere.
NDFN has worked on publishing a "Dictionary of Nepali Sign Language", [1] and continues to collect and create signs for supplements to this dictionary. It also has trained and sent deaf sign language instructors to teach Nepali Sign Language to deaf who otherwise have no exposure to sign language.
The Nepali manual alphabet is fingerspelling devised for the Nepali alphabet-syllabary, Devanagari, to go with Nepalese Sign Language. [1] It was developed by the Kathmandu Association of the Deaf (KAD), with support from UNICEF.
Language Origin Notes American Sign Language: United States and Canada: ASL is also officially recognized as a language in Canada due to the passage of Bill C-81, the Accessible Canada Act. Black American Sign Language is a dialect of ASL. Argentine Sign Language: Spain and Italy [citation needed] (Lengua de Señas Argentina – LSA) Bay ...
Signed Nepali or Sign-Supported Nepali, is a means of communication often used by (nominally) signing hearing individuals in their interactions with signing deaf, or by deaf persons who for whatever reason acquired Nepali as their mother tongue and then acquired Nepali Sign Language subsequently, or by deaf persons with people with normal hearing whose signing is judged not to be fully fluent ...
An ordering system has been proposed using this beginning and examples from both American Sign Language and Brazilian Sign Language (LIBRAS). [14] The current system of ordering for SignWriting is called the Sign Symbol Sequence which is parsed by the creator of each sign as recorded into the on-line dictionary.
KAD was also instrumental in early efforts to promote and further develop sign language. KAD aided work by Peace Corps to produce the first ever dictionary of Nepali Sign Language, [3] and, with the support of UNICEF, was also instrumental in the development of a one-handed fingerspelling system for devanagari. [citation needed]
Ghandruk Sign Language (Nepali: घान्द्रुक सांकेतिक भाषा, romanized: Ghandruk Sāṅkētika Bhāṣā) is a village sign language of the Village Development Committee of Ghandruk in central Nepal.