Mongolian Sign Language
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| Mongolian Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Mongolia |
Native speakers | (no estimate available) |
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unclassified | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | msr |
Mongolian Sign Language (Mongolian: Монгол дохионы хэл, Mongol dokhiony khel) is a sign language used in Mongolia. Ethnologue estimates that there were between 10,000 to 147,000 deaf people in Mongolia as of 1998; however, it is not known how many of those are users of MSL.[1]
Linda Ball, a Peace Corps volunteer in Mongolia, is believed to have created the first dictionary of MSL in 1995.[2] In 2007, another MSL dictionary with 3,000 entries was published by Mongolia's Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science with assistance from UNESCO.[3]
Notes
Sources
- "Now That's a Good Sign!", Peace Corps Times (1), January 1995
- Torigoe, Takashi (April 2008), "モンゴルのろう教育・現地調査報告/Deaf education in Mongolia: Report of fieldwork", 『途上国における特別支援教育開発の国際協力に関する研究』, 科学研究費補助金研究成果報告書 (17252010), pp. 285–305
Further reading
External links
- Homepage of Yu.Mönkh-Amgalan at the National University of Mongolia, with a listing of his Mongolian-language papers about MSL
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