Also Known As:
Hausa Sign Language, Maganar Hannu, Maganar Bebaye
Dialects & Varieties
Maganar Hannu (Language of the Hands): A Descriptive Analysis of Hausa Sign Language
Maganar Hannu (Language of the Hands): A Descriptive Analysis of Hausa Sign Language
Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
No results found.
Second-language speakers and learners
No results found.
Semi-speakers or rememberers
No results found.
Children:
No results found.
Young adults
No results found.
Older adults
No results found.
Elders
No results found.
Ethnic or community population
No results found.
Year information was gathered
No results found.
Comments on speakers
"Since there is no formal teaching of HSL, there is also no formal training for HSL interpreters. [...] Many hearing people, old and young alike, are able to converse with the deaf freely and effectively through signs or sign language, at least on a basic level. [...] Hausa Sign Language is not taught formally but deaf people learn it from other deaf people. In the same way, hearing people learn sign language in Kano. [...] The first and only school for the deaf in Kano State is the Special Education School Tudun Maliki [where] there is a mixture of spoken Hausa, HSL, spoken (Nigerian) English and ASL."
Location and Context
Countries
No results found.
Location Description
No results found.
Government Support
No results found.
Institutional Support
No results found.
Speakers' Attitude
No results found.
Other Languages Used By The Community
None
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
None
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
No results found.
Writing system:
No results found.
Other writing systems used:
No results text.
Comments on writing systems:
No results found.
Recent Resources
Mensagem informativa
No results found.