Malagasy Sign Language
In today's article we will explore the topic of Malagasy Sign Language, a fascinating topic that has captured the attention of millions of people around the world. Malagasy Sign Language is a broad and diverse topic that encompasses a wide variety of aspects, from its impact on society to its implications in daily life. Throughout this article, we will analyze in depth different aspects related to Malagasy Sign Language, offering a complete and detailed vision that will allow our readers to better understand the importance and relevance of this topic.
| Malagasy Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| |
| Native to | Madagascar |
French Sign
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mzc |
| Glottolog | mada1271 |
The Malagasy Sign Language (Malagasy: Tenin'ny Tanana malagasy, abbreviated TT) is a sign language used for communication among hearing impaired people in Madagascar. An estimated 110,000 to 170,000 people (or 1% of the population of Madagascar) are deaf. Malagasy Sign Language is similar to Norwegian Sign Language because the first deaf school in Madagascar was founded in 1960 by the Malagasy Lutheran Church with the assistance of a number of Norwegians, including Norwegian teachers.[1] That said, a large number of signs in Malagasy Sign seem to be completely unrelated to their Norwegian Sign counterparts.[1] Seven deaf schools in Madagascar are sponsored by Evangelical Lutherans.[2]
| Danish Sign Language family tree | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
External links
- WikiSigns.org – Malagasy Sign Language Dictionary
References
- ^ a b Minoura, Nobukatsu (31 July 2014). "A Preliminary Comparative Study of Norwegian Sign Language and Malagasy Sign Language" (PDF). 東京外国語大学論集 [Area and Culture Studies]. 88: 91–116. ISSN 0493-4342. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ "Ethnologue". Archived from the original on 2018-02-28. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
 | This Madagascar-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |