Chinese Sign Language | |
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中国手语, Zhōngguó Shǒuyǔ | |
Native to | China and some parts of Taiwan |
Signers | 4.2 million (2021)[1] |
Chinese Sign Language | |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | csl – Chinese Sign |
Glottolog | nucl1761 |
Chinese Sign Language (abbreviated CSL or ZGS; simplified Chinese: 中国手语; traditional Chinese: 中國手語; pinyin: Zhōngguó Shǒuyǔ) is the main sign language used in China. It is not related to the Taiwanese Sign Language used in Taiwan. Manually coded Mandarin is referred to as Wénfǎ Shǒuyǔ (simplified Chinese: 文法手语; traditional Chinese: 文法手語; lit. 'grammatical sign language').[2]