public_comment: ""HPSL initially developed out of a mixture of indigenous sign language(s) in Hai Phong with Ho Chi Minh City Sign Language (HCMCSL) used at Lai Thieu School for deaf people in Binh Duong Province in Southern Viet Nam." (Woodward, 2015)",
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source_id: null,
speakers: [
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id:15540,
code_id:7181,
speaker_number: "1000-9999",
speaker_number_text: "900-1,800",
second_language_speakers: "",
semi_speakers: "",
children: "",
young_adults: "",
older_adults: "",
elders: "",
ethnic_population: "",
date_of_info: "2011",
public_comment: "",
private_comment: null,
source_id:89320,
preferred: 0,
},
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id:30578,
code_id:7181,
speaker_number: "1000-9999",
speaker_number_text: "~1800",
second_language_speakers: "",
semi_speakers: "",
children: "",
young_adults: "",
older_adults: "",
elders: "",
ethnic_population: "",
date_of_info: "",
public_comment: ""Since there has never been a census of deaf people in Viet Nam, the real number of signers is unknown. However, some estimate of the number of signers can be made.... Using United Nations estimates of 1 person out of every 1,000 person born profoundly deaf or becoming profoundly deaf at an early age, there would be an estimate of 1,837 deaf people living in the area where HPSL is used. The estimated number of users of HPSL is up to 1,800 users." ",
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source_id:98645,
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simplified_level: "high",
coordinates: "20.861,106.680",
updated_at: "2018-03-25 01:00:30",
speaker_attitude: ""These Deaf people, along with many others, prefer bilingualism to standardization. However, the Vietnamese government advocates standardization to bilingualism, and the Vietnamese government is attempting to create a “unified” sign language, something that many Deaf people do not want." ",
government_support: "preparing",
institutional_support: "no",
_other_languages_used: "Ho Chi Minh City Sign Language",
domains_of_use: "Used mainly only in the home and/or with family, and may not be the primary language even in these domains for many community members.",