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Singapore Sign Language
Native toSingapore
Signers6,000[citation needed] (2021)
Number includes both pidgin signed English and "natural sign language"
Language family
French Sign
  • American Sign
    • Singapore Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3sls
Glottologsing1237

Singapore Sign Language, or SgSL, is the native sign language used by the deaf and hard of hearing in Singapore, developed over six decades since the setting up of the first school for the Deaf in 1954.[1] Since Singapore's independence in 1965, the Singapore deaf community has had to adapt to many linguistic changes. Today, the local deaf community recognises Singapore Sign Language (SgSL) as a reflection of Singapore's diverse culture. SgSL is influenced by Shanghainese Sign Language (SSL), American Sign Language (ASL), Signing Exact English (SEE-II) and locally developed signs.

The total number of deaf clients registered with The Singapore Association For The Deaf (SADeaf), an organisation that advocates equal opportunity for the deaf, is 5,756, as of 2014. Among which, only about one-third stated their knowledge of Sign Language.

  1. ^ "Singapore Sign Language". SADeaf. SADeaf.

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