Chiangmai Sign Language

Chiangmai Sign Language (also known as Old or Original Chiangmai Sign Language) is a deaf-community sign language of Thailand that arose among deaf people who migrated to Chiang Mai for work or family. The language is moribund, with all speakers born before 1960. Younger generations have switched to Thai Sign Language.

Chiangmai Sign Language
Native to	Chiang Mai Thailand
Region	metro Chiang Mai
Native speakers	19 (2015)[1]
Language family	Chiangmai–Bangkok Sign
Language codes
ISO 639-3	csd
Glottolog	chia1237
ELP	Original Chiangmai Sign Language

References

1. James Woodward and Thanu Wongchai. Forthcoming 2015. Original Chiang Mai Sign Language. In J. Hansen, W. McGregor, G. De Clerck and S. LutaloKlingi (eds.) The World's Sign Languages. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.

Further reading

• James Woodward, "Sign Languages and Deaf Identities in Thailand and Vietnam". In Monaghan et al. eds, Many Ways to Be Deaf: International Variation in Deaf Communities, 2003