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Thaawarchand Gehlot Releases 3rd Edition of Indian Sign Language Dictionary

The Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Thaawarchand Gehlot released the “3rd edition of the Indian Sign Language (ISL) Dictionary, in a virtual event. The 3rd edition of the ISL dictionary contains a total of 10,000 terms. These include the 6000 terms of the first and second edition of the dictionary.

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About the Dictionary:

  • The terms are of everyday use from academic terms, legal & administrative terms, medical terms, technical terms and agricultural terms.
  • The Dictionary has been developed by the Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre (ISLRTC), an autonomous Institute under the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment.
  • The 1st edition of the ISL Dictionary was launched on 23 March 2018 with 3000 terms.
  • The 2nd edition was launched on 27th February 2019, with 6000 terms (including earlier 3000 terms).

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