Also Known As:
Old Bangkok Sign Language
Dialects & Varieties
Original Bangkok Sign Language
Woodward, James, and Kampol Suwanarat. (2015). Original Bangkok Sign Language. In Julie Bakken Jepsen, Goedele De Clerck, Sam Lutalo-Kiingi, and William B. McGregor (eds.), Sign Languages of the World, pp. 677–686. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.
Critically Endangered
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~495
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.
5
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.
5
Transmission
Transmission 5
There are only a few elderly speakers.
5
Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
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Children:
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Young adults
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
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Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
"OBSL was never used in any schools for deaf people. Currently, all users of OBSL are also fluent in MTSL. All users of OBSL are over the age of sixty-five and no younger signers are currently learning OBSL."
Location and Context
Countries
Thailand
Location Description
Bangkok
Government Support
no
Institutional Support
no
Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Mordern Thai Sign Language (MTSL)
Number of Other Language Speakers:
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Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
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Other writing systems used:
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Recent Resources
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