A dictionary has been produced,[2] while still several online resources, e.g. SignWiki, PDFs or YouTube-Videos, are published by different entities.
[3] In 2019, the prime minister, when visiting the national celebrations of the International Week of the Deaf in Iringa, announced another program working on “Harmonization and Standardisation of Tanzanian Sign Language”.
[4] Lexically, the variety that developed in the oralist deaf school in Tabora is significantly different from the dictionary and is under investigation.
[1] Different varieties of TSL (or Total Communication) are used as in so called "deaf units" of primary schools throughout Tanzania.
Since 2019, the University of Dar es Salaam offers a Certificate course in Tanzanian Sign Language and Interpretation.