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Indian Signing System

The Indian Signing System or Indian Sign System (ISS) is a convention for manually coded language used in India. It uses the words (signs) of Indian Sign Language with the word order and grammar of at least six official oral languages of India, including Urdu, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu and Tamil.

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The Indian Signing System or Indian Sign System (ISS) is a convention for manually coded language used in India.1 It uses the words (signs) of Indian Sign Language with the word order and grammar of at least six official oral languages of India, including Urdu (Signed Urdu), Hindi (Signed Hindi), Marathi (Signed Marathi), Telugu (Signed Telugu)2 and Tamil (Signed Tamil).3

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  1. "Punarbhava: Sign Language Interpreter Course". Archived from the original on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  2. "Telugu | Indian sign language (ISL)". talkinghands.co.in. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  3. Norms & Guidelines Archived 13 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine, 2009. D.Ed. Special Education (Deaf & Hard of Hearing), [www.rehabcouncil.nic.in Rehabilitation Council of India]