Hausa Sign Language
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| Hausa Sign Language | ||
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| Signed in: | Nigeria | |
| Region: | Northern states of Nigeria (Hausa-speaking areas) | |
| Total signers: | ? | |
| Language family: | unknown | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | sgn | |
| ISO 639-3: | hsl
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Hausa Sign Language is the sign language of the Deaf community in Hausa-speaking areas of Northern Nigeria.
[edit] References
- Schmaling, Constanze (1997). Maganar Hannu: Language of the hands. A descriptive analysis of Hausa Sign Language. University of Hamburg , Department of African and Ethiopian Studies
- Kamei, Nobutaka (2004). The Sign Langauges of Africa, "Journal of African Studies" (Japan Association for African Studies) Vol. 64, March, 2004.
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