Haiphong Sign Language

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A language of Viet Nam

ISO 639-3
haf
Alternate Names
HPSL, Hai Phong Sign Language, NNKHHP, Vietnamese Sign Language
User Population

1,800 (Woodward 2015). Estimated 1,800 prelingually-deaf people in the Haiphong area, based on 0.1% of the total population (Woodward 2015).

Location

Haiphong.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Sign language, Deaf community sign language
Dialects

None known. 54% cognate to Hanoi Sign Language [hab] and Ho Chi Minh City Sign Language [hos] on a 100-word list; 40–50% cognate to Thai Sign Language [tsq] and its predecessors (Woodward 2000).

Language Use

Vigorous. Used by all.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Haiphong Sign Language
Other Comments

Strong influence from French Sign Language [fsl], used in schools for the deaf (Woodward 2000).