A one-year concerted effort has resulted in the publication of An Introduction to Sri Lankan Sign Language, Sri Lanka’s first-ever conversational sign language dictionary.

Volunteers from all over the globe and school staff worked together for many months to choose more than 350 signs, create drawings for each sign, translate all content into Sinhala and English, and assemble materials in a 120-page softcover book published locally.

Copies of An Introduction to Sri Lankan Sign Language have been distributed to the school staff and families of school pupils. With a clear, concise, and easy-to-use dictionary, we hope to foster the growth of sign language literacy in Matara and across Sri Lanka.

You can download a PDF copy of An Introduction to Sri Lankan Sign Language! (6.9 MB, PDF)

You can also download each individual chapter in the book by selecting from the list below. All are less than 700 KB.

1. ‣Foreword, Contributors, School Song, & Table of Contents (p. i-xv)
   

2. ‣Greetings (p. 1-4)
   

3. ‣Basic Communication (p. 5-10)
   

4. ‣Actions (p. 11-16)
   

5. ‣Asking Questions (p. 17-20)
   

6. ‣Feelings (p. 21-24)
   

7. ‣Family and People (p. 25-28)
   

8. ‣School (p. 29-34)
   

9. ‣Time and Date (p. 35-40)
   

10. ‣Food and Drink (p. 41-46)
    

11. ‣Personal Health (p. 47-50)
    

12. ‣Clothing (p. 51-54)
    

13. ‣Colours (p. 55-58)
    

14. ‣Sports and Recreation (p. 59-62)
    

15. ‣Transportation and Places (p. 63-66)
    

16. ‣Sri Lanka and World (p. 67-72)
    

17. ‣Animals (p. 73-76)
    

18. ‣Weather and Nature (p. 77-80)
    

19. ‣Alphabets (p. 81-88)
    

20. ‣Numbers (p. 89-94)
    

21. ‣Index (p. 95-102)
    

If you’d like to receive a hard copy, please go to the Contact Us page to let us know.