From 25a0c079770e82dea7e349621fa0dcca5fc99b6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: TimRB <38668131+TimothyRbz@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 11:17:11 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update population.md --- docs/docs/facts/population.md | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/docs/facts/population.md b/docs/docs/facts/population.md index 91ee29c8..ebc08957 100644 --- a/docs/docs/facts/population.md +++ b/docs/docs/facts/population.md @@ -49,11 +49,12 @@ These impairments are defined per ear, as follows[^who-report]: Among those with disabling hearing loss, the **World Federation of the Deaf (WFD)** estimates there are approximately **70 million deaf people worldwide**. This community spans over **200 sign languages** (or over _300_[^un-national-day]), underlining the linguistic diversity of deaf populations. -From our research, it is unclear how many people use sign languages. + [^wfd]: World Federation of the Deaf. 2024. [Our Work](https://wfdeaf.org/our-work/). [^un-national-day]: United Nations. 2024. [International Day of Sign Languages](https://www.un.org/en/observances/sign-languages-day). +From our research, it is unclear how many people use sign languages. The European Centre for Modern Languages[^ecml] estimates that on average, deaf sign language users make up about 0.16% of the whole population in any given country, amounting to 12 million people worldwide. According to Ethnologue (via Derivation[^derivation]), there are 24 million native sign language users worldwide,