Chinese 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

Chinese Sign Language (abbreviated CSL or ZGS; simplified Chinese: 中国手语; traditional Chinese: 中國手語; pinyin: Zhōngguó Shǒuyǔ) is the main sign language used in China. It is not related to the Taiwanese Sign Language used in Taiwan. Manually coded Mandarin is referred to as Wénfǎ Shǒuyǔ (simplified Chinese: 文法手语; traditional Chinese: 文法手語; lit. 'grammatical sign language').