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.^[1] SASL is not the only sign language used in South Africa.^[2]^[3] It is the language the Deaf in South Africa are being encouraged to use.^[4]

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.

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