Haiphong Sign Language

A language of Viet Nam

ISO 639: haf
Alternate Names: HPSL, Hai Phong Sign Language, NNKHHP, Vietnamese Sign Language
Population: 1,800 (Woodward 2015). Estimated 1,800 prelingually-deaf people in the Haiphong area, based on 0.1% of the total population (Woodward 2015).
Location:: Haiphong.
Language Status: 6a (Vigorous).
Classification: Sign language, Deaf community sign language
Dialects: None known. 54% cognate to Hanoi Sign Language [hab] and Ho Chi Minh City Sign Language [hos] on a 100-word list; 40–50% cognate to Thai Sign Language [tsq] and its predecessors (Woodward 2000).
Language Use: Vigorous. Used by all.
Other Comments: Strong influence from French Sign Language [fsl], used in schools for the deaf (Woodward 2000).

Location: Haiphong.