Zimbabwean sign languages

Several Zimbabwean sign languages developed independently among deaf students in different Zimbabwean schools for the deaf starting in the 1940s.It is not clear how many languages they are, as little research has been done; Masvingo School Sign is known to be different from that of other schools,[2] but each school apparently has a separate sign language, and these are different from the community language or languages used outside of the schools.[1] "Sign language", without further clarification, became one of Zimbabwe's official national languages with the Constitution of 2013.[3] ^b Denotes the number (if known) of languages within the family.You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.This article about a sign language or related topic is a stub.
ZimbabweLanguage familyDeaf-community sign languagesISO 639-3GlottologZimbabweanEthnologueGlottolog 3.0Languages of ZimbabweZimbabwean EnglishChibarweKalangaKoisanNambyaNdebeleTsongaTswanaFrenchPunjabiChinesePortugueseSign languageList of sign languagesList by number of signersAustralian AboriginalDiyariDjingiliEltye eltyarrenkeIltyeme iltyemeJaraldeKalkutunguMiriwoongMudburraPitha PithaRdaka rdakaUmpilaFar North QueenslandWarlmanpaWarluwaraWarramungaWorora KinshipYir YorontYolŋuWestern DesertManjiljarraMeriamWestern Torres Strait IslanderArab (Ishaaric)EgyptianKuwaitiLibyanQatari UnifiedYemeniLevantineEmiratiBANZSLAuslanPapua New Guinean (PNGSL)British (BSL)Northern Ireland (NISL)Maritime (MSL)New Zealand (NZSL)SamoanSouth African (SASL)Swedish SignEritrean (EriSL)Finland-Swedish (FinSSL)Portuguese (LGP)Swedish (Teckenspråk)Finnish (Viittomakieli)Chinese SignChinese (CSL/ZGS)Hong Kong (HKSL)Chilean (LSCh)Paraguayan- Uruguayan SignParaguay (LSPY)Uruguay (LSU)FrancosignAlgerian (LSA)Swiss-German (DSGS)Estonian (Eesti viipekeel)Irish (ISL)Australian-IrishBrazilian (Libras)LithuanianCatalan (LSC)Valencian (LSV)French (LSF)Old FrenchRomanian (LSR)American (ASLic)American (ASL)Black ASL (BASL)ProtactileBurmeseMalaysian (BIM)Filipino (FSL)Quebec (LSQ)Singapore (SgSL)Indonesian (Bisindo)Bamako (LaSiMa)Hand TalkHoailona ʻŌleloGreek (ΕΝΓ/ENG)Cypriot (ΚΝΓ/KNG)Bulgarian (БЖЕ)GeorgianKazakh-Russian (KSL/KRSL)Latvian (LSL)MongolianRussian (РЖЯ)Croatian (HZJ)Yugoslav (YSL)Dutch (NGT)GambianItalian (LIS)Tunisian (TSL)Mexican (LSM)Honduran (LESHO)Flemish (VGT)French Belgian (LSFB)Danish (Tegnic)MalagasyIcelandic (Táknmál)Norwegian (Tegnspråk)Danish (Tegnsprog)Viet-ThaiHai PhongHo Chi MinhThai (TSL/MSTSL)German SignGerman (DGS)Polish (PJM)Israeli (Shassi)Indo-Pakistani SignBengaliNepaliJapanese SignJapanese (JSL/Nihon Shuwa)Korean (KSL/Hanguk Sueo)Taiwanese (TSL/Taiwan Shouyu)Old KentishMartha's Vineyard (MVSL)Mayan (Meemul Tziij)Original Thai SignChiangmaiOld BangkokPaget GormanNamibian (NSL)Plains Sign LanguagePlateauProvidencia– Cayman SignProvidence Island (Provisle)Old Cayman (Guyanese)AfghanAl-Sayyid Bedouin (ABSL)Albanian (AlbSL)Albarradas Sign LanguageAlipurArgentine (LSA)ArmenianCaucasian (Harsneren)Azerbaijani (AİD)BhutaneseTibetan (Bökyi lagda)BribriBruncaChatinoCuban (LSC)Dogon/DouentzaEcuadorian (LSEC)GhandrukGhardaia (AJSL)Guatemalan (Lensegua)Guinea-BissauHennikerHawaiʻi (Hoailona ʻŌlelo)AtgangmuurniqGreenlandic (Ussersuataarneq)JhankotKa'aporKajanaKafr QasimKailgeKata KolokKenyan (KSL/LAK)Somali (SSL)Keresan Pueblo (KPISL/Keresign)Jamaican Country (KS/Konchri Sain)MacedonianMaltese (LSM)Hausa (HSL/Magannar Hannu)MardinMauritian (MSL)M'bourMiyakubo ShuwaBurkina (Mossi)Mount AvejahaMozambicanNicaraguan (ISN)Old Costa RicanOttoman (Seraglio/Harem)Ban Khor (Pasa kidd)PenangPersianPeruvian (LSP)InmaculadaQahveh KhanehRennelleseRossel IslandRwandan (AKR/AMR)Sandy RiverSalvadoranSinasinaSpanish (LSE)Trinidad and Tobago (TTSL)Turkish (TİD)Ugandan (USL)Venezuelan (LSV/VSL)Adamorobe (AdaSL / Mumu kasa)Bura (Burasl)Nanabin (NanabinSL)Yoruban (YSL)ZambianAmami Shuwa languagesEthiopian languagesLaotian languagesSri Lankan languagesSudanese languagesTanzanian languagesInternational SignAlgerianGhardaiaMarouaNanabinBouakako (LaSiBo)KenyanHausa (Magannar Hannu)SomaliSouth AfricanTanzanianUgandanCambodianIndo-PakistaniIndonesianKata Kolok (Benkala, Balinese)KurdishAl-Sayyid BedouinIsraeliKafr QasemJapaneseKoniyaMiyakuboKoreanKazakh-RussianLaotianMalaysianSelangorMaldivesNepaleseFilipinoSingaporeSri LankanTaiwaneseRussianVietnameseAustrianAzerbaijaniFlemishFrench BelgianBritishCroatianDanishEstonianFinnishGermanHungarianIcelandicItalianYugoslav (Kosovar)LatvianNorthern IrelandNorwegianPolishSlovenianCatalanSpanishValencianSwedishSwiss-GermanCentral TaurusTurkishUkrainianPlains Sign TalkBlack ASLQuebecInuit (Atgangmuurniq)Old CaymanNew Costa RicanGuatemalanHaitianHonduranAlbarradasMexicanNicaraguanChiriquiPanamanianKeresan (Keresign)Martha's VineyardSandy River ValleyAkitiri (Eltye eltyarrenke)Far North Queensland IndigenousArrernte (Iltyeme iltyeme)Warlpiri (Rdaka rdaka)Warumungu (Warramunga)Mudbura (Mudburra)Hawaiʻan (Haoilona ʻŌlelo)BolivianChileanColombianProvisleEcuadorianParaguayanPeruvianUruguayanVenezuelanMakatonMonasticSignalongGrammarIdiomsLiteratureProfanityName signsHenniker Sign LanguageOld KentPlateau Sign LanguageSandy River Valley Sign LanguageGrammar (ASL)Bimodal bilingualismPhonology (ASL)HandshapeLocationOrientationMovementExpressionMouthingNonmanual featureSign namesHome signFingerspellingAmericanBritish (two-handed)EsperantoSerbo-CroatianASL-phabetHamburg Notation SystemStokoe notationSignWritingASLwriteLanguage contactContact signInitialized signSigned Oral LanguagesIndian Signing SystemManually coded EnglishManually coded language in South AfricaManually Coded MalayPaget Gorman Sign SystemSigned DutchSigned FrenchSigned GermanSigned ItalianSigned JapaneseSigned PolishSigned SpanishSigning Exact EnglishSigned SwedishBilingual–bicultural educationManually coded languageJabbar BaghtchebanJeanette BerglindPär Aron BorgThomas BraidwoodLaurent ClercAbbé de l'ÉpéeRoger FoutsValerie SuttonThomas GallaudetAbbé SicardWilliam StokoePierre PélissierAssociation of Visual Language Interpreters of CanadaInternational Center on Deafness and the ArtsMimics and Gesture TheatreWorld Association of Sign Language InterpretersBaby sign languageCHCI chimpanzee centerWashoeLoulisOpen OutcryLegal recognitionU.S. Army hand and arm signals Monastic sign languagesTactile signingTic-tacFrench Sign Languageextinct languages