Also Known As:
Chiengmai Sign Language, Original Chiangmai Sign Language, Old Chiangmai Sign Language, OCMSL
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Critically Endangered
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~19
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 5
A small percentage of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing very rapidly.
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Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 5
Used only in a few very specific domains, such as in ceremonies, songs, prayer, proverbs, or certain limited domestic activities.
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Transmission
Transmission 5
There are only a few elderly speakers.
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Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Woodward, James, and Thanu Wanchai. (2015). Original Chiangmai Sign Language. In Julie Bakken Jepsen, Goedele De Clerck, Sam Lutalo-Kiingi, and William B. McGregor (eds.), Sign Languages of the World, pp. 687–700. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.
Bibliography of Locations:
James Woodward; Thanu Wongchai. 2011. "Original Chiangmai Sign Language."
Bibliography of Context:
Woodward, James, and Thanu Wanchai. (2015). Original Chiangmai Sign Language. In Julie Bakken Jepsen, Goedele De Clerck, Sam Lutalo-Kiingi, and William B. McGregor (eds.), Sign Languages of the World, pp. 687–700. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.