Hai Phong Sign Language

Facts

  • Language: Hai Phong Sign Language
  • Alternate names: HPSL, NNKHHP, Vietnamese Sign Language, ngôn ngữ ký hiệu Hải Phòng
  • Language code: haf
  • Language family: Deaf sign language (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: ~1800
  • Vulnerability: Endangered
  • Script:

More information:

    "HPSL initially developed out of a mixture of indigenous sign language(s) in Hai Phong with Ho Chi Minh City Sign Language (HCMCSL) used at Lai Thieu School for deaf people in Binh Duong Province in Southern Viet Nam." (Woodward, 2015)