Chiangmai Sign Language

A language of Thailand

ISO 639: csd
Alternate Names: Chiengmai Sign Language, OCMSL, Old Chiang Mai Sign Language, Old Chiangmai Sign Language, Original Chiang Mai Sign Language, Original Chiangmai Sign Language
Population: 10 (2019 J. Woodward), decreasing. 10 is an estimated maximum.
Location:: Chiang Mai province: Scattered.
Language Status: 8a (Moribund).
Classification: Sign language, Deaf community sign language
Dialects: None known. Based on lexical comparisons, is related to Original Bangkok Sign Language (no ISO code) and to Haiphong Sign Language [haf] in Viet Nam (Woodward 2000). Distinct from Thai Sign Language [tsq], but contributed some vocabulary to it (Woodward 1997).
Language Use: Moribund. Used only in very limited social situations (Woodward and Wongchai 2015). Older adults only. Shifted to Thai Sign Language [tsq].

Location: Chiang Mai province: Scattered.