CHAD: What sign languages are used in Chad?

This article can help you answer the following questions:

How many Deaf / Hard of Hearing people are in Chad?
What sign languages are used in Chad?
How do you say Chad in sign language?
Where can I learn Chadian Sign Language online?
What Deaf organizations are located in Chad?
What additional sign language resources are there for Chad?

Where is Chad?

How many Deaf / Hard of Hearing people are in Chad?

There are an estimated 542,000 Deaf and Hard of Hearing in the Chad.

This percentage is a rough estimation: 3.3% of the general population. Lack of research make estimating these numbers difficult. The World Health Organization estimates 5% of the world population has significant hearing loss. Keep in mind that developing nations typically have a much higher number of Deaf and Hard of Hearing populations.

What sign languages are used in Chad?

Chadian Sign Language (which is probably Nigerian Sign Language, a dialect of American Sign Language)

Written / spoken languages in Chad:

Chadian Arabic
Modern Standard Arabic
Ngambay,
French
120 indigenous languages

How do you say Chad in sign language?

Where can I learn Chadian Sign Language online?

This language is not yet available. If you would like to learn this language, please request it here: https://www.intersignuniversity.com/sign-languages

InterSign University offers many international sign language courses. Check them out here:

https://intersign-university.thinkific.com/collections?category=courses

What Deaf organizations are located in Chad?

Chadian National Association of the Hearing Impaired (ANDAT) and
Eglise et Mission Chretienne des Sourds au Tchad (EMCST)

Source: Gallaudet

Additional sign language resources for Chad

We will update this section as more information becomes available.