Hanoi Sign Language

Hanoi Sign
Native to	Vietnam
Language family	(SE Asian sign area) Deaf-community sign language Vietnamese sign languages Hanoi Sign; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	hab
Glottolog	hano1243[1]

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

Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Hanoi Sign Language". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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[Glottolog-1] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Hanoi Sign Language". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.