Korean Sign Language

Korean Sign Language
Native to South Korea
Japanese Sign
  • Korean Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3 kvk
Glottolog kore1273[1]

Korean Sign Language or KSL (Korean: 手話 수화 Suhwa) is the deaf sign language of Korea.[2]

1889

The beginnings of KSL date from 1889.[3] The first primary school for deaf children, opened in 1908, used KSL.

Commonality

Although the origins of KSL predate the colonial period, the sign language developed some features in common with Japanese Sign Language (JSL) grammar.[3] KSL is considered part of the Japanese Sign Language family.[4]

Deaf

180,000 to 300,000 in South Korea http://aasl.aacore.jp/wiki/South_Korea

Functional markers

KSL, like other sign languages, incorporates non-manual markers with lexical, syntactic, discourse, and affective functions. These include brow raising and furrowing, frowning, head shaking and nodding, and leaning and shifting the torso.[5]

See also

Dictionary

Korean Sign Language Dictionary (Korean)

Notes

  1. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Korean Sign Language". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  2. KSL is currently used in South Korea; however, the situation in North Korea is unknown.
  3. 1 2 Fischer, Susan et al. (2010). "Variation in East Asian Sign Language Structures" in Sign Languages, p. 501., p. 501, at Google Books
  4. Fischer, p. 499., p. 499, at Google Books
  5. Fischer, p. 507., p. 507, at Google Books

References


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