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Hong Kong Sign Language
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<p>Hong Kong Sign Language (<a href="/facts/Traditional_Chinese_characters/bBFLkuz7">Chinese</a>: 香港手語; <a href="/facts/Jyutping/r9GnpjYB">Jyutping</a>: <i>hoeng1 gong2 sau2 jyu5</i>), abbreviated as HKSL, is the deaf sign language of <a href="/facts/Hong_Kong/4nAf3mqQ">Hong Kong</a> and <a href="/facts/Macau/KEm5w6xH">Macau</a>. It derived from the southern dialect of <a href="/facts/Chinese_Sign_Language/Rb9V5lT7">Chinese Sign Language</a>, but is now an independent, mutually unintelligible language. </p>