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There are at least 25 sign languages in Africa, according to researcher Nobutaka Kamei. [6] [7] [8] Some have distributions that are completely independent of those of African spoken languages.
Many African countries have national sign languages, such as Algerian Sign Language, Tunisian Sign Language, Ethiopian Sign Language. Other sign languages are restricted to small areas or single villages, such as Adamorobe Sign Language in Ghana. Tanzania has seven, one for each of its schools for the Deaf, all of which are discouraged.
South African Sign Language (SASL, Afrikaans: Suid-Afrikaanse Gebaretaal) is the primary 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. [2]
World Atlas, an online site that studies demographics, says only 41 countries recognise sign language as an official language, just four of them in Africa - Kenya, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe.
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The language is often acquired only when entering school. Secondary and tertiary education is seldom offered in (Tanzanian) Sign Language. [4] [6] There are different views on whether or how much deaf Tanzanians identify as (culturally) Deaf through their sign language use and community. [3] [4] [6]
Until 2023, South African Sign Language (SASL) was not specifically recognised as an official language by the country's constitution. The phrase "sign language" is used generically. [59] On 13 November 2009, the Constitutional Review Committee met to explore the possibility of upgrading SASL to South Africa's 12th official language. [60]
Kenyan Sign Language (English: KSL, Swahili: LAK) is a sign language is used by the deaf community in Kenya and Somalia. It is used by over half of Kenya's estimated 600,000 deaf population. It is used by over half of Kenya's estimated 600,000 deaf population.