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Hanoi Sign Language

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Hanoi Sign
Native toVietnam
Native speakers
39,000 (2015)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3hab
Glottologhano1243
ELPHanoi Sign Language

Hanoi Sign Language is the deaf-community sign language of the city of Hanoi in Vietnam. It is about 50% cognate with the other sign languages of Vietnam, and its vocabulary has been extensively influenced by the French Sign Language once taught in Vietnamese schools for the deaf.

References

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  1. ^ Hanoi Sign at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon