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Hausa Sign Language

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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