There are an unknown number of indigenous
deaf sign languages in
Laos
Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...
, which may have historical connections with the languages indigenous to
Vietnam and
Thailand, though it is not known if they are related to each other. There is no single "Laotian Sign Language". Sign languages in use in Laos include
French Sign Language,
American Sign Language
American Sign Language (ASL) is a natural language that serves as the predominant sign language of Deaf communities in the United States of America and most of Anglophone Canadians, Anglophone Canada. ASL is a complete and organized visual lang ...
,
Thai Sign Language, Lao Sign Language (derived from FSL), and
Home sign.
See also
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Thai Sign Language
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Vietnamese sign languages
The three deaf-community sign languages indigenous to Vietnam are found in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, and Haiphong. The HCMC and Hanoi languages especially have been influenced by the French Sign Language (LSQ) once taught in schools, and have abso ...
References
Further reading
* Woodward, James (2000). ''Sign languages and sign language families in Thailand and Viet Nam,'' in
Emmorey, Karen, and Harlan Lane, eds., The signs of language revisited : an anthology to honor Ursula Bellugi and Edward Klima. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum, p. 23-47
Lao Deaf UnitAssociation for the Deaf (AFD)
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Sign language isolates
Languages of Laos