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Appendix E Resources on Additional Sign Languages
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192 Appendix E Resources on Additional Sign Languages Welistthesealphabetically,accordingtothecontactspokenlanguage, on the assumption that our readers are more likely to know the name of the contact spoken language than of the sign language. Catalan. Approximately 800 entries: http://lsc.wikisign.org /wiki/Especial:Allpages Czech. Two volumes (2002–2004), A–N and O–Z: http://knihy.heureka.cz/vseobecny-slovnik-ceskeho-znakoveho -jazyka-a-n/ http://knihy.heureka.cz/vseobecny-slovnik-ceskeho-znakoveho -jazyka-o-z/ Indo-Pakistani. Several books on this website are dictionaries: http://www.southasiabibliography.de/Bibliography/Sign_ Languages__All_Dialects_/sign_languages__all_dialects_.html Japanese. Multivolume set: http://translate.googleusercontent .com/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http:// jfd.shop-pro.jp/%3Fpid%3D18441018&prev=_t&rurl=translate. google.com&usg=ALkJrhgliB84cb_UfPLEqv6ZYhqtgZQB_A (Note: In addition, a Japanese Sign Language dictionary with English translations was published in an extremely limited number for use in 1997 when the Japanese Federation for the Deaf hosted the World Federation for the Deaf Conference in Tokyo.) Hong Kong. http://www.chineseupress.com/asp/e_Book _card.asp?BookID=2029&Lang=E Nepali. 1,500 entries, compiled in 1995, with English glosses: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2420238/nsld.pdf 193 Appendix E Spanish. 3,600 entries: http://fundacioncnse.org/eleboracion .html Vietnamese. Two volumes (84 pp, 79 pp); Ho Chi Minh City Sign Language Dictionary. Available through Gallaudet University Library via interlibrary loan: http://aquadev.wrlc.org/?skin=ga &q=Ho+Chi+Minh+City+Sign+Language+Dictionary Hugeresourcesarealsoavailablethrough“SignPuddle,”connected to the Sutton Sign Writing project. Enter an asterisk (*) in the field that comes up, and hit return. The total number of recorded signs for each language listed below is shown in parentheses. “w. Eng” indicates that English glosses are given. American (8,239): http://www.signbank.org/SignPuddle1.5 /searchword.php?ui=1&sgn=4 Argentine (672): http://www.signbank.org/SignPuddle1.5 /searchword.php?ui=5&sgn=41 Belgian (1,516): http://www.signbank.org/SignPuddle1.5 /searchword.php?ui=4&sgn=43 Catalan (2,949): http://www.signbank.org/SignPuddle1.5 /searchword.php?ui=3&sgn=56 Czech (1,663, w. Eng): http://www.signbank.org /SignPuddle1.5/searchword.php?ui=6&sgn=52 Flemish (4,349, w. Eng): http://www.signbank.org /SignPuddle1.5/searchword.php?ui=1&sgn=44 French (1,201): http://www.signbank.org/SignPuddle1.5 /searchword.php?ui=4&sgn=58 French (Swiss) (4,797, with video): http://www.signbank. org/SignPuddle1.5/searchword.php?ui=4&sgn=49 German (12,389): http://www.signbank.org/SignPuddle1.5 /searchword.php?ui=3&sgn=53 Japanese (153): http://www.signbank.org/SignPuddle1.5 /searchword.php?ui=1&sgn=64 Maltese (531, w. English): http://www.signbank.org /SignPuddle1.5/searchword.php?ui=1&sgn=31 [35.175.172.94] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 13:11 GMT) 194 Appendix E Nicaraguan (893): http://www.signbank.org/SignPuddle1.5 /searchword.php?ui=5&sgn=67 Norwegian (1,360): http://www.signbank.org/SignPuddle1.5 /searchword.php?ui=3&sgn=69 Philippines (854): http://www.signbank.org/SignPuddle1.5 /searchword.php?ui=1&sgn=72 Polish (2,094, w. Eng): http://www.signbank.org /SignPuddle1.5/searchword.php?ui=7&sgn=19 Spanish (7,546): http://www.signbank.org/SignPuddle1.5 /searchword.php?ui=5&sgn=55 Inaddition,wenotethatTibetanSignLanguageisslatedtobecovered in a three-volume dictionary when the Tibet Deaf Association (tibetdeaf@gmail.com) secures funding. Also, Taiwanese Sign Language offers a limited online video dictionary (http://tsl.ccu .edu.tw), but a printed form is yet to come (though it is promised). Finally, see the listings in Carmel (1992). ...