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        <tr><td><b>Also Known As:</b> Bahasa Malaysia Kod Tangan,Bahasa Isyarat Malaysia
 
 
<b>Description:</b>
 
Malaysian Sign Language (Malay: Bahasa Isyarat Malaysia, or BIM), is the sign language in every day use in many parts of Malaysia. BIM has many dialects, differing from state to state.
Malaysian Sign Language was born when the Malaysian Federation of the Deaf was established in 1998 and use has expanded among deaf leaders and participants. American Sign Language (ASL) has had a strong influence on BIM, but the two are considered different languages. BIM in turn has been the basis for Indonesian Sign Language.
Kod Tangan Bahasa Malaysia or Manually Coded Malay (KTBM) was created by hearing educators and linguists in between 1980 and 1986 and remains the only sign language recognized by the Malaysian Ministry of Education.
Other sign languages in use in Malaysia include Penang Sign Language (PSL) and Selangor Sign Language (SSL or KLSL). These two sign languages began in 1980 before MSL/BIM when Penang, Selangor and Kuala Lumpur became popular destinations among employment opportunities, entertainments, disability benefits. Additionally, every parent of deaf children has own signs called Home signs to make a gestural communication. The use of such home signs among peranakan or ethnic<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=1072499 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr>
        <tr><td><h2>Location of Malaysian Sign Language Speakers</h2>
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4.193601, 103.724932, Malaysia
49.837982, 105.820313, Asia</googlemap>
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<h2>Overview</h2>
 
<tr><td><b>Main Country: </b></td><td>[http://www.freebase.com/view/en/malaysia Malaysia]</td></tr>
 
<tr><td><b>Spoken In: </b></td><td>
 
<b><i>Regions: </i></b>[http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/asia Asia]
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<tr><td><b>ISO 639-3 Code: </b></td><td>xml</td></tr>
 
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      <tr><td><h2>Classification Taxonomy</h2>
[[All Languages]]
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Deaf sign language Group]]
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>[[Malaysian Sign Language]]</b>
 
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