African government added a National Language Unit for South African Sign Language in 2001. SASL is not the only manual language used in South Africa,...

thirty-five languages are spoken in South Africa, twelve of which are official languages of South Africa: Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, South African Sign Language, Swazi...

Ireland Sign Language South African Sign Language Irish Sign Language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) "Irish Sign Language". www...

The Sign Languages of Africa, "Journal of African Studies" (Japan Association for African Studies) Vol. 64, March, 2004. [NOTE: Kamei lists 23 African sign...

The Sign Languages of Africa, "Journal of African Studies" (Japan Association for African Studies) Vol. 64, March, 2004. [NOTE: Kamei lists 23 African sign...

the population of South Africa is about 62 million people of diverse origins, cultures, languages, and religions. The South African National Census of...

In South Africa, manually coded language is used in education, as a bridge between South African Sign Language (SASL) and the eleven official oral languages...

and the Tanzanian Sign languages used in Tanzania. Throughout the long multilingual history of the African continent, African languages have been subject...

American Sign Language (BASL) or Black Sign Variation (BSV) is a dialect of American Sign Language (ASL) used most commonly by deaf African Americans...

the 11 official languages of South Africa, PanSALB also strives for the development of the Khoe, San, and South African Sign Language. PanSALB structures...

South African slang refers to unique informal language that is used by South Africans. South Africa is a culturally and ethnically diverse country with...

October 2011. "The NA Approves South African Sign Language as the 12th Official Language". Parliament of South Africa. 3 May 2023. Archived from the original...

International Sign (IS) is a pidgin sign language which is used in a variety of different contexts, particularly as an international auxiliary language at meetings...

American Sign Language (ASL) is a natural language that serves as the predominant sign language of deaf communities in the United States and most of Anglophone...

Germanic language, spoken in South Africa, Namibia and (to a lesser extent) Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It evolved from the Dutch vernacular of South Holland...

of the country in the respective language, see Constitutional Court of South Africa. There is a 12th official language: South African Sign Language....

African language in South Africa, though the most widely spoken African language is Zulu. It is the second most common Bantu home language in South Africa...

Lesotho Sign Language is a sign language used by the Deaf community in Lesotho. It is a variety of South African Sign Language. Matlosa, Lits'episo (2010-01-01)...

South African Bantu-speaking peoples represent the majority of people in South Africa and who have lived in what is now South Africa for thousands of years...

Sign Language (IPSL) is the predominant sign language in the subcontinent of South Asia, used by at least 15 million deaf signers. As with many sign languages...

Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Act, signed on 19 July 2023, made South African Sign Language an official language of South Africa, in addition to the existing...

The South African rand, or simply the rand, (sign: R; code: ZAR) is the official currency of the Southern African Common Monetary Area: South Africa, Namibia...

The recorded history of sign language in Western societies starts in the 17th century, as a visual language or method of communication, although references...

British Sign Language (BSL) is a sign language used in the United Kingdom and is the first or preferred language among the deaf community in the UK. While...

Plains Indian Sign Language (PISL), also known as Hand Talk or Plains Sign Language, is an endangered language common to various Plains Nations across...

000 people, the other language was an Indigenous language. Finally, the number of people reporting sign languages as the languages spoken at home was nearly...

colonists of South Africa. In 2016, 57.9% were native Afrikaans speakers, 40.2% were native English speakers, and 1.9% spoke another language as their mother...

Bura Sign Language is a village sign language used by the Bura people around the village of Kukurpu, 40 km (25 miles) south-east of Biu, Nigeria, an area...

South African Sign Language as official language, Sepedi/ Sesotho sa Leboa issues: Briefings by Deaf SA, CRL Commission, Pan South African Language Board"...

known mononymously as Tyla, is a South African singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Johannesburg, she signed with Epic Records in 2021 after the...