Also Known As:
ngôn ngữ ký hiệu thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, HCMCSL, NNKHTPHCM, Southern Vietnamese Sign Language, Vietnamese Sign Language
Dialects & Varieties
Recent Resources
Dictionary of Vietnamese Sign Language, with specified regional terms.
Endangered
40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~45,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 4
Used mainly only in the home and/or with family, and may not be the primary language even in these domains for many community members.
4
Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Woodward, James, Nguyen Thi Hoa, Luu Ngoc Tu, and Ho Thu Van. (2015). Ho Chi Minh City Sign Language. In Julie Bakken Jepsen, Goedele De Clerck, Sam Lutalo-Kiingi, and William B. McGregor (eds.), Sign Languages of the World, pp. 391–408. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.
Bibliography of Locations:
"Glottolog." Online: http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/.
Bibliography of Context:
Woodward, James, Nguyen Thi Hoa, Luu Ngoc Tu, and Ho Thu Van. (2015). Ho Chi Minh City Sign Language. In Julie Bakken Jepsen, Goedele De Clerck, Sam Lutalo-Kiingi, and William B. McGregor (eds.), Sign Languages of the World, pp. 391–408. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.