South African Sign Language

South African Sign Language (SASL, Afrikaans: Suid-Afrikaanse Gebaretaal) is the main sign language used by deaf people in South Africa. The South African government added a National Language Unit for South African Sign Language in 2001. SASL is not the only sign language used in South Africa. It is the language the Deaf in South Africa are being encouraged to use.

References

↑ Ganiso, Mirriam Nosiphiwo (2012). Sign Language in South Africa: Language Planning and Policy Challenges (PDF) (MA thesis). Rhodes University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
↑ Aarons, Debra; Akach, Philemon (1998). "South African Sign Language – One Language or Many? A Sociolinguistic Question". Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics. 31: 1–28. doi:10.5774/31-0-55.
↑ "[Untitled]" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
↑ Aarons, Debra; Akach, Philemon. "South African Sign Language: One Language or Many?". In Mesthrie, Rajend (ed.). Language in South Africa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 127–147.

[1] Ganiso, Mirriam Nosiphiwo (2012). Sign Language in South Africa: Language Planning and Policy Challenges (PDF) (MA thesis). Rhodes University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-14.

[Aarons_and_Akach_1998-2] Aarons, Debra; Akach, Philemon (1998). "South African Sign Language – One Language or Many? A Sociolinguistic Question". Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics. 31: 1–28. doi:10.5774/31-0-55.

[3] "[Untitled]" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.

[4] Aarons, Debra; Akach, Philemon. "South African Sign Language: One Language or Many?". In Mesthrie, Rajend (ed.). Language in South Africa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 127–147.