Chiangmai Sign Language

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Chiangmai Sign Language
Native to Thailand
Region metro Chiangmai
Native speakers
 (no estimate available)
Chiangmai–Bangkok Sign
Language codes
ISO 639-3 csd

Chiangmai Sign Language (also known as Old or Original Chiangmai Sign Language) is a deaf-community sign language of Thailand that arose among deaf people who migrated to Chiangmai for work or family. Woodward (2003) found that it was 65% cognate with Old Bangkok Sign Language, indicating that the two languages are related, possibly due to migration between Chiangmai and Bangkok. There appear to be connections to sign languages of Vietnam (especially to Hai Phong Sign Language), but the nature of these connections (whether areal or genetic) has not been determined. Village sign languages of Thailand, such as Ban Khor Sign Language, are unrelated.

The language is moribund, with all speakers born before 1960. Younger generations have switched to Thai Sign Language.

References

  • James Woodward, "Sign Languages and Deaf Identities in Thailand and Vietnam". In Monaghan et al. eds, Many Ways to Be Deaf: International Variation in Deaf Communities, 2003
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