Chinese Sign Language

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').

Chinese Sign Language
中国手语, Zhōngguó Shǒuyǔ
Native toChina and some parts of Taiwan
Signers4.2 million (2021)
Chinese Sign Language
Dialects
  • Northern (Beijing) CSL
  • Southern (Shanghai) CSL
Language codes
ISO 639-3
csl  Chinese Sign
Glottolognucl1761
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