Did you know Ho Chi Minh City Sign Language is endangered?

ALSO KNOWN AS		ngôn ngữ ký hiệu thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, HCMCSL, NNKHTPHCM, Southern Vietnamese Sign Language, Vietnamese Sign Language
CLASSIFICATION		Sign Language, Southeast Asian
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		hos
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		"Ho Chi Minh City Sign Language (HCMCSL) developed out of a mixture of original sign languages in Southern Viet Nam with French Sign Language in 1886, when the first school for deaf people was established in Lai Thieu, Binh Duong Province." (Woodward et al., 2015)

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Information from: “Ho Chi Minh City Sign Language” (391–408 ch. 15) . Woodward, James, Nguyen Thi Hoa, Luu Ngoc Tu, and Ho Thu Van (2015) , Julie Bakken Jepsen, Goedele De Clerck, Sam Lutalo-Kiingi, and William B. McGregor · De Gruyter Mouton

Endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~45,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"Since there has never been a census of deaf people in Viet Nam, the real number of signers is unknown. However, some estimate of the number of signers can be made... Using United Nations estimates of 1 person out of every 1,000 person born profoundly deaf or becoming profoundly deaf at an early age, there would be an estimate of 45, 074 deaf people living in the area where HCMCSL is used. The estimated number of users of HCMCSL is up to 45,000 users."

DOMAINS OF USE

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

preparing

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

yes

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Ha Noi Sign Language; Hai Phong Sign Language; written Vietnnamese

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

"Currently the Vietnamese government is preparing a law for people with disabilities based on the UN Convention on the Rights of People With Disabilities. While it is known that sign language or sign languages will be mentioned in the law, but it is not know at this time what information about sign languages in Viet Nam will be included in the law."

"The Dong Nai Project offers bilingual instruction in HCMCSL and written Vietnamese at the junior high school level, the senior high school level, and the university level."

PLACES: Vietnam

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Ho Chi Minh City, provinces to the South of Ho Chi Minh City, and provinces as far north as Da Nang

No estimate available
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Vietnam

Threatened

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
22,000-45,000
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2011

DOMAINS OF USE
GOVERNMENT SUPPORT: The Vietnamese government is preparing a law for people with disabilities based on the UN Convention on the Rights of People With Disabilities. It is known that sign language or sign languages will be mentioned in the law, but no details are known.
INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT: Almost all schools in the southern part of Viet Nam are oral only or use some simultaneous communication. Only one program in Viet Nam currently uses HCMCSL as it is used by fluent Deaf users

PLACES: Vietnam

PLACES: Vietnam

		2012	Personal Communication on sign languages								James Woodward	James Woodward. 2012. "Personal Communication on sign languages."		22,000-45,000	2011	10000-99999			The Vietnamese government is preparing a law for people with disabilities based on the UN Convention on the Rights of People With Disabilities. It is known that sign language or sign languages will be mentioned in the law, but no details are known.		Almost all schools in the southern part of Viet Nam are oral only or use some simultaneous communication. Only one program in Viet Nam currently uses HCMCSL as it is used by fluent Deaf users		Threatened (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	13	Vietnam
9781614518174		2015	Ho Chi Minh City Sign Language	Sign Languages of the World	391–408	Julie Bakken Jepsen, Goedele De Clerck, Sam Lutalo-Kiingi, and William B. McGregor	De Gruyter Mouton		15		Woodward, James, Nguyen Thi Hoa, Luu Ngoc Tu, and Ho Thu Van	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.		~45,000		10000-99999	"Since there has never been a census of deaf people in Viet Nam, the real number of signers is unknown. However, some estimate of the number of signers can be made... Using United Nations estimates of 1 person out of every 1,000 person born profoundly deaf or becoming profoundly deaf at an early age, there would be an estimate of 45, 074 deaf people living in the area where HCMCSL is used. The estimated number of users of HCMCSL is up to 45,000 users."	Ha Noi Sign Language; Hai Phong Sign Language; written Vietnnamese	preparing	"Currently the Vietnamese government is preparing a law for people with disabilities based on the UN Convention on the Rights of People With Disabilities. While it is known that sign language or sign languages will be mentioned in the law, but it is not know at this time what information about sign languages in Viet Nam will be included in the law." "The Dong Nai Project offers bilingual instruction in HCMCSL and written Vietnamese at the junior high school level, the senior high school level, and the university level."	yes	some	Endangered (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	14	Vietnam	Ho Chi Minh City, provinces to the South of Ho Chi Minh City, and provinces as far north as Da Nang
			Glottolog							http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/		"Glottolog." Online: http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/.													Vietnam		10.79, 106.68
	16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX		http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	No estimate available											Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh City Sign Language

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Endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~45,000

No estimate available

Threatened

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

22,000-45,000

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Ho Chi Minh City Sign Language

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Endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~45,000

No estimate available

Threatened

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

22,000-45,000

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