Question: A unique dictionary ‘The Indian Sign Language’ was released with the aim of bringing uniformity in sign language used by silent deaf people. How many words of Hindi and English have been encoded in this dictionary?
(a) 1500
(b) 2000
(c) 2500
(d) 3000
Answer: (d)
Related Facts:
- On March 23rd, 2018 “First Indian Sign Language Dictionary of 3000 words” was launched by Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot, Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment at a function.
- The dictionary has been developed byIndian Sign Language Research & Training Centre (ISLR&TC) under Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), M/o Social Justice & Empowerment.
- Ministers of State forSocial Justice and Empowerment Shri Krishan Pal Gujar and Shri Ramdas Athwale and Shri Krishan Pal Gurjar were also present on the occasion.
- Addressing on the occasion, Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot said that the basic aim of developing the ISL Dictionary is to remove communications barriers between the deaf and hearing communities as it is focused on providing more information in Indian sign language.
- Its aim is to give Deaf people the constitutional right to speech and opportunity of freedom of expression and also bringing them into the main stream of the society.
- Soon many new words will be added in this dictionary.
- The ISL dictionary has focused on providing more information in Indian Sign Language. He hoped that more and more people use this dictionary and get the benefit of learning Indian Sign Language.
- ISLR&TC has been working on its dream project of developing the Indian Sign Language Dictionary for last one and a half years.
- As per the census 2011, there are 50, 71,007 Deaf people and 19, 98,535 with speech disability in India.
- ISLRTC, New Delhi realized the gravity of the situation and issues being faced by the large number of Deaf people in common communication.
- Therefore, ISLRTChas developed an ISL Dictionary for Deaf people and Hearing people, offering them the maximum words to learn and expressing their feelings, ideas etc.
- ISL dictionary consists of various categories of words for example legal terms, medical terms, academic terms, technical terms and daily use words.
Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1526046
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=177900
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-india-s-first-sign-language-dictionary-with-3000-hindi-and-english-words-released-2596890
https://www.ndtv.com/education/first-indian-sign-language-dictionary-of-3000-words-launched-in-delhi-1827687