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 official sign language of China. It is different from the Taiwanese Sign Language and is known in Taiwan as Wénfǎ Shǒuyǔ (simplified Chinese: 文法手语; traditional Chinese: 文法手語; lit. 'grammatical sign language').[2][dubious – discuss]