Alternate Names: Indo-Pakistani Sign Language, Urban Indian Sign Language
Dialects: Bangalore-Chennai-Hyderabad Sign Language, Kolkata Sign Language, Mumbai-Delhi Sign Language. Over 75% of signs from all regions are related. Mumbai-Delhi dialect is most influential. Some influence from British Sign Language , in the fingerspelling system and a few other signs developed indigenously in India. Related to Nepalese Sign Language ,.
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Demographics: 2,680,000 in India (2003).
Language Use: Deaf schools mainly do not use ISL, but vocational programs often do. Nearly all educated deaf are bilingual in a language of wider communication to some degree.
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: Below 2%. Male literacy rate is higher than female as men more likely to attend school. TV. Videos. Dictionary.
Nation of Origin: India
Other Comments: 2% or less of deaf children attend deaf schools. In 2001, interpretive training courses initiated in Mumbai by the Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for Hearing Handicapped.