Native to Nigeria ISO 639-3 hsl | Region Kano Glottolog haus1246 | |
Language family Deaf-community sign language |
Hausa Sign Language (Maganar Hannu) is the indigenous sign language of the Deaf community in Hausa-speaking city of Kano in northern Nigeria. Estimates as to the number of signers using this language "vary greatly, from 70,000 to five million".
References
Hausa Sign Language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA