Taiwan Sign Language

Taiwan Sign Language
台灣手語
Native toTaiwan
Native speakers
20,000 (2004)
Japanese Sign
  • Taiwan Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3tss
Glottologtaiw1241

Taiwan Sign Language (TSL; Chinese: 台灣手語; pinyin: Táiwān Shǒuyǔ) is the sign language most commonly used by the deaf and hard of hearing in Taiwan.

There are two main dialects of TSL centered on two of the three major sign language schools in Taiwan: one in Taipei, the other in Tainan City. There is a variant based in Taichung, but this sign language is essentially the same as the Tainan school.