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manually coded language in south africa wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 references toggle the table of contents manually coded language in south africa 1 language igbo edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia bridge between signed and oral languages not to be confused with south african sign language in south africa manually coded language is used in education as a bridge between south african sign language sasl and the eleven official oral languages of the country these codes apply the signs of sasl to the grammar of the oral languages resulting in signed english signed afrikaans signed xhosa signed zulu etc they are not a natural form of communication among deaf people manually coded language is commonly used instead of sasl for simultaneous translation from an oral language into sign for example at the deaf forum that is held annually at different locations in the western cape the result is that while deaf people from different language communities can communicate with each other without difficulty in sasl they cannot understand sign language interpreters unless they have been schooled in the particular manually coded language used by the interpreter that is while they share a common language in sasl they differ in their understanding of signed english signed afrikaans signed xhosa etc which are not a normal form of communication for anyone this results in the common misconception among even deaf south africans that there are various sign languages in the country when in fact there is only one 1 a very different form of manually coded language is cued speech an aid to lipreading which has been developed for afrikaans south african english and setswana references edit aarons reynolds 2003 south african sign language in monaghan ed many ways to be deaf international variation in deaf communities retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title manually_coded_language_in_south_africa oldid 1310922057 category signed oral languages hidden categories articles with short description short description is different from wikidata this page was last edited on 12 september 2025 at 09 41 utc page was rendered with parsoid text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike 4 0 license additional terms may apply by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc a non profit organization privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia legal safety contacts code of conduct developers statistics cookie statement mobile view search search toggle the table of contents manually coded language in south africa 1 language add topic