@incollection{548085,
  address    = {Bamenda, Cameroon},
  author     = {Lutalo-Kiingi, Sam and Goedele A. M. De Clerck},
  booktitle  = {Proceedings of the Seventh World Congress of African Linguistics, Buea, 17-21 August 2012 (WOCAL-7)},
  editor     = {Gratien G. Atindogbe and Evelyn Fogwe Chibaka},
  pages      = {354-375},
  publisher  = {Langaa},
  title      = {Research on sign languages and deaf/sign communities in sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges of diversity, documentation, revitalization, language planning and capacity building},
  volume     = {1},
  year       = {2016},
  bestfn     = {africa\lutalo-kiingi_sign-sub-saharan-africa2016_o.pdf},
  besttxt    = {ptxt2\africa\lutalo-kiingi_sign-sub-saharan-africa2016_o.txt},
  cfn        = {africa\lutalo-kiingi_sign-sub-saharan-africa2016.pdf},
  fn         = {africa\lutalo-kiingi_sign-sub-saharan-africa2016_o.pdf, africa\lutalo-kiingi_sign-sub-saharan-africa2016.pdf},
  hhtype     = {overview},
  inlg       = {English [eng]},
  lgcode     = {Extreme North Cameroon Sign Language (ExNorthCamSL) which is used by appx 150 speakers in and around the town of Maroua = Extreme North Cameroon Sign Language [NOCODE_Extreme-North-Cameroon-Sign], Cameroon Sign Language (CamSL) which is used in the rest of the country (Central-Littoral-North-West-South-West and West regions) -- CamSL has been influenced by American Sign Language (ASL) and Langue des Signes Française (LSF or French Sign Language) through educators and missionaries (4500 speakers)},
  macro_area = {Africa},
  src        = {hh}
}