Japanese Sign Language (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Japanese Sign Language" in English language version.

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asahi.com (Global: 124^th place; English: 790^th place)

"yonmannin shomei haikyu ugokasu". asahi (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 February 2017.

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

Gertz, Genie; Boudreault, Patrick (2016-01-05). The SAGE Deaf Studies Encyclopedia. SAGE Publications. ISBN 9781506341668.
Minami, Masahiko (2016-01-15). Handbook of Japanese Applied Linguistics. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 9781501500800.
Monaghan, Leila Frances. (2003). Many Ways to be Deaf: International Variation in Deaf Communities, p. 211 at Google Books
Fischer, Susan (2010). Variation in East Asian Sign Language Structures. Cambridge University Press. p. 501. ISBN 9781139487399.

deafjapan.blogspot.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Princess Kiko chats with Deaf soccer players in sign language after film show" Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine. Deaf Japan News. September 7, 2010.
"Deaf community requests enactment of the sign language law" Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine. Deaf Japan News. November 15, 2010.

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

Mayberry, I. R. (Dec 1993). "First-language acquisition after childhood differs from second-language acquisition: the case of American Sign Language". Journal of Speech and Hearing Research. 36 (6): 1258–70. doi:10.1044/jshr.3606.1258. PMID 8114493.

ethnologue.com (Global: 354^th place; English: 413^th place)

Japanese Sign Language at Ethnologue (22nd ed., 2019)

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Japanese Association of Sign Language Interpreters, Introduction Archived 2010-11-07 at the Wayback Machine

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"Sign Language Stated in Law!" at jfd.or.jp; excerpt, "Every person with disabilities, wherever possible, shall be ensured opportunities to choose his or her language (including sign language) and/or other means of communication, and the expansion of opportunities to choose his or her means of acquiring or utilizing information shall be promoted."

kunaicho.go.jp (Global: 2,903^rd place; English: 4,786^th place)

Imperial Household Agency. Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Akishino

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Mayberry, I. R. (Dec 1993). "First-language acquisition after childhood differs from second-language acquisition: the case of American Sign Language". Journal of Speech and Hearing Research. 36 (6): 1258–70. doi:10.1044/jshr.3606.1258. PMID 8114493.

oecd.org (Global: 1,345^th place; English: 1,190^th place)

Saruhashi, Junko and Yuko Takeshita. "Ten Linguistic Issues in Japan: The Impact of Globalization". Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

Nakamura, Karen. "Resistance and Co‐optation: the Japanese Federation of the Deaf and its Relations with State Power". Social Science Japan Journal (SSJJ) (2002) Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 17–35.
"Princess Kiko chats with Deaf soccer players in sign language after film show" Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine. Deaf Japan News. September 7, 2010.
"Deaf community requests enactment of the sign language law" Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine. Deaf Japan News. November 15, 2010.
Japanese Association of Sign Language Interpreters, Introduction Archived 2010-11-07 at the Wayback Machine