Malaysian Sign Language

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf sign language
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:MSL
gptkbp:alternativeName Bahasa Isyarat Malaysia
gptkbp:firstDocumented 1960s
gptkbp:hasDialects Penang Sign Language
Perak Sign Language
Selangor Sign Language
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Malaysian Sign Language
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:American_Sign_Language
gptkbp:ISO639-3 xml
gptkbp:languageFamily sign language isolate
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:Malaysian_government
gptkbp:regulates Malaysian Federation of the Deaf
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:American_Sign_Language
Indonesian Sign Language
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Malaysia
gptkbp:status official sign language of Malaysia
gptkbp:targetUser estimated 40,000 (as of 2021)
gptkbp:teaches Malaysian Federation of the Deaf
gptkbp:usedBy Malaysian deaf community
gptkbp:writingSystem none (primarily manual-visual)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Johor_Women's_Association_for_the_Deaf
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7