Chiangmai Sign Language (also known as Old or Original Chiangmai Sign Language) is a deaf-community sign language of Thailand that arose among deaf people who migrated to Chiang Mai for work or family. The language is moribund, with all speakers born before 1960. Younger generations have switched to Thai Sign Language.
| Chiangmai Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Chiang Mai Thailand |
| Region | metro Chiang Mai |
Native speakers | 19 (2015)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | csd |
| Glottolog | chia1237 |
| ELP | Original Chiangmai Sign Language |
References
edit- ^ James Woodward and Thanu Wongchai. Forthcoming 2015. Original Chiang Mai Sign Language. In J. Hansen, W. McGregor, G. De Clerck and S. LutaloKlingi (eds.) The World's Sign Languages. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.
Further reading
edit- James Woodward, "Sign Languages and Deaf Identities in Thailand and Vietnam". In Monaghan et al. eds, Many Ways to Be Deaf: International Variation in Deaf Communities, 2003