Infobox language name AdamorobeSignLanguage nativename Mumu kasa states Ghana region eastern Ghana, Adamorobe village family West African gestural area signers 1,200 iso3 ads AdamorobeSignLanguage AdaSL is an indigenous signlanguage used in Adamorobe, an Akan ethnic group Akan village in eastern ... Nyst title The phonology of name signs a comparison between the sign languages of Uganda, Mali, Adamorobe and The Netherlands date In Baker et al. eds. Cross linguistic perspectives in signlanguage ... of motion in AdamorobeSignLanguage date unpublished paper presented at Colloquium on African Languages & Linguistics 34 , Leiden, August 2004, and at Theoretical Issues in SignLanguage Research ... of the deaf community in Adamorobe to Ghanaian SignLanguage. As such, AdaSL is an endangered signlanguage ... of AdamorobeSignLanguage Utrecht LOT, PhD thesis University of Amsterdam References references .... Under these circumstances, AdaSL has developed an indigenous signlanguage, fully independent from the country s standard Ghanaian SignLanguage which is related to American SignLanguage . AdaSL shares signs and Prosody linguistics prosodic features with some other sign languages in the region, such as Bura SignLanguage , but it has been suggested these similarities are due to Sprachbund ... cite book author Nancy Frishberg title Ghanaian SignLanguage. In Cleve, J. Van ed. Gallaudet encyclopaedia ... Ghanaian SignLanguage is used. As a consequence, this language has become the first language of these children ... SignLanguage on Ethnologue.com. http www.youtube.com watch?v cwa4KdB7oV4 Summary of linguistic thesis AdamorobeSignLanguage AdaSL on Youtube, by Victoria Nyst Category Signlanguage isolates Category Languages of Ghana Category Endangered language isolates de Adamorobe Geb rdensprache es ... users, but a recent census mentions a total of 1400 inhabitants. The Adamorobe community is notable ... from the sign languages of large Deaf communities studied so far, including the absence of classifier ... more details
such as ASL and AdamorobeSignLanguage have acquired auxiliary usages. ref as well as between single .... ref name pro A These are AdamorobeSignLanguage , Armenian SignLanguage , Australian Aboriginal ... in a village in Bali , AdamorobeSignLanguage in Ghana and Yucatec Maya signlanguage in Mexico ...Image ASL family.jpg thumb 275px Two men and a woman signing. A signlanguage also signed language is a language ... C. 1976 . Dictionary of American SignLanguage on Linguistic Principles . Linstok Press. ISBN 0 932130 01 1. ref ref Stokoe, William C. 1960 . Signlanguage structure An outline of the visual communication ... in the world. In popular thought, each spoken language has a signlanguage counterpart. There is a sense ... who often generate a signlanguage. In much the same way that geographical or cultural forces isolate ... as their dominant language, but American SignLanguage ASL , used in the US and most parts of Canada, is derived from French SignLanguage whereas the other three countries sign dialects of BANZSL British, Australian and New Zealand SignLanguage . ref http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code ... and Dianne Parkhurst, personal communication ref and the signlanguage used in Bolivia is based on ASL rather than any signlanguage that is used in a Spanish speaking country. ref http www.sil.org silesr abstract.asp?ref 2009 002 ref Variations also arise within a national signlanguage which don ... Bayley and Clayton Valli. 2001. Sociolinguistic Variation in American SignLanguage. Washington ... Sign for PIZZA? An Introduction to Variation in American SignLanguage. Washington, DC Gallaudet ... & Judy Reilly eds . Language, gesture, and space. International Conference on Theoretical Issues in Sign ... in International Sign Pidgin an analysis. Journal of SignLanguage Linguistics 5 1 . ref Linguistics of sign In linguistic terms, sign languages are as rich and complex as any oral language, despite ... Martin, Diane. 2006 . SignLanguage and Linguistic Universals. Cambridge Cambridge University ... more details
Infobox language name Bura SignLanguage states Nigeria region 40 km SE of Biu, Nigeria Biu ethnicity Bura people familycolor Sign family West African gestural area signers ? iso3 none Bura SignLanguage is an indigenous signlanguage used by the Kilba people Bura people around the village of Kukurpu in Nigeria , an area with a high degree of congenital deafness. None of the signers have been to school, and there appears to be no influence of Western sign. Bura SL has the lax hand shapes and large sign space characteristic of West African sign. Many of the words are similar or identical to those of AdamorobeSignLanguage and Nanabin SignLanguage of Ghana these involve conventionalized co verbal gestures in the hearing population of West Africa, such as sweat for work and sleep for next day . References Roger Blench, http www.rogerblench.info Language 20data Afroasiatic Chadic Central Bura Bura 20Sign 20Language.pdf An unreported African signlanguage for the deaf among the Bura in Northeast Nigeria See also Nigerian SignLanguage Category Signlanguage isolates ... more details
wrist twist. See also Al Sayyid Bedouin SignLanguage Providence Island SignLanguage Martha s Vineyard SignLanguageAdamorobeSignLanguage References Kakumasu, Jim 1968 . Urubu SignLanguage . In International Journal of American Linguistics . republished in Aboriginal Sign Languages of the Americas ...Infobox Language name Urubu SignLanguage nativename Urubu Kaapor SignLanguage states Brazil region ... iso3 uks Urub SignLanguage also known as Urub Kaapor or Kaapor SignLanguage is a signlanguage ... Kakamasu, Jim 1978 . Urubu SignLanguage , in Aboriginal sign languages of the Americas and Australia ... for Time and Space in S o Paulo and Urubu Kaapor SignLanguage , in W. Stokoe & V. Volterra eds. , SLPR 83. Proceedings of the 3rd. International Symposium on SignLanguage Research, Rome, June 22 26, 1983, Rome & SiverSpring CNR & Linstok Press. Kyle, J.G. & B. Woll. 1985 . SignLanguage The Study of Deaf People and Their Language. Cambridge CUP. Category Languages of Brazil Category Signlanguage isolates Category Endangered language isolates es Lengua de se as Urubu Kaapor no Urub tegnspr k ... the language, and most hearing children grow up bilingual in the spoken and signed languages. Other Indian tribes in the region have also been reported to use sign languages. Notable features of Urub SignLanguage are its object subject verb word order , and its locating of the past in front of the signer and the future behind, like Japanese SignLanguage Citation needed date May 2008 and in contrast to sign languages of European origin, including American SignLanguage , Auslan and New Zealand SignLanguage . Kyle and Woll 1985 speculate that this is represents a world view of the past as something visible, and the future as unknowable. Kakumasu noted several features which signlanguage linguists today recognise as common to other sign languages, such as the use of name sign s. Conditional ... and tensing of facial muscles. Questions are marked with a question sign either before or after ... more details
22 v onepage&q&f false accessdate 21 October 2010 ref See also Al Sayyid Bedouin SignLanguageAdamorobeSignLanguage Founder effect Kata Kolok List of extinct languages of North America Nicaraguan ...Infobox Language name Martha s Vineyard SignLanguage nativename MVSL states formerly in the United States ... Sign family Possibly developed from Old Kent SignLanguage influenced by French SignLanguage . br Major influence in the development of American SignLanguage iso3 mre Martha s Vineyard SignLanguage MVSL is a signlanguage once widely used on the island of Martha s Vineyard off the coast of Massachusetts ... to participation in public life. Martha s Vineyard SignLanguage is also notable for the role it played in the development of American SignLanguage . The language was able to thrive on Martha ... cite book title Everyone Here Spoke SignLanguage Hereditary Deafness on Martha s Vineyard last ... specifically the part of the Weald in the county of Kent . Martha s Vineyard SignLanguage may be descended from a hypothesized signlanguage of that area in the 16th century, now referred to as Old Kent SignLanguage . A number of families from a puritan community in the Kentish Weald emigrated ... Chilmark SignLanguage, which was later 19th century influenced by French SignLanguage , forming Martha s Vineyard SignLanguage 19th and 20th centuries . From the late 18th to the early ... signlanguage. Deaf migration to the mainland In the early 19th century, a new educational philosophy ... s Vineyard enrolled there, taking their signlanguage with them. However, the language of the teachers was French SignLanguage , and many of the other deaf students used their own home sign systems ... sign systems used there, including MVSL, merged to become American SignLanguage or ASL now one of the largest ... there. The last deaf person born into the island s signlanguage tradition, Katie West, died ... dropped briefly into signlanguage then back into speech. ref name Sacks cite book last Sacks ... more details
Infobox language name Tebul SignLanguage states Mali region Diankabou familycolor Sign family language isolate signers 500 2007 iso3 tsy Tebul SignLanguage is an indigenous signlanguage of the village of Uluban in Mali . See also Bamako SignLanguage Category Signlanguage isolates ... more details
Infobox language name Jumla SignLanguage states Nepal region Jumla town Jumla familycolor Sign family language isolate signers ? iso3 jus Jumla SignLanguage is an indigenous signlanguage of the town of Jumla town Jumla in western Nepal . Ethnologue reports that there is a Nepalese SignLanguage school in Jumla, and that the students come from a 1 2 day walk away and do not speak Jumla SignLanguage. See also Jhankot SignLanguage Ghandruk SignLanguage Category Signlanguage isolates ... more details
Infobox language family name German SignLanguage region Europe familycolor Sign family One of the world s major language family signlanguage families child1 German SignLanguage German Sign child2 Polish SignLanguage Polish Sign child3 ? Israeli SignLanguage Israeli Sign The German SignLanguage JSL family is a small language family of signlanguage s, including German SignLanguage , Polish SignLanguage , and probably Israeli SignLanguage . ref Henri Wittmann Wittmann, Henri 1991 . Classification linguistique des langues sign es non vocalement. Revue qu b coise de linguistique th orique et appliqu e 10 1.215 88. http homepage.mac.com noula ling 1991a class.pdf ref The latter also had influence from Austrian SignLanguage , which is unrelated, and the parentage is not entirely clear. References reflist Language families Category German SignLanguage family ... more details
Infobox language name Jhankot SignLanguage states Nepal region Dolpa District familycolor Sign family language isolate signers ? iso3 jhs Jhankot SignLanguage is an indigenous signlanguage of the village of Jhankot in western Nepal . The Deaf make up 10 of the village, and Jhankot SL is widely known by the hearing community. See also Jumla SignLanguage Ghandruk SignLanguage Nepalese SignLanguage Category Signlanguage isolates ... more details
Infobox language name Ghandruk SignLanguage states Nepal region Dolpa District familycolor Sign family language isolate signers ? lc1 gds ld1 http www.sil.org iso639 3 chg detail.asp?id 2011 027 ll1 none Ghandruk SignLanguage is an indigenous signlanguage of the village of Ghandruk in central Nepal . See also Jumla SignLanguage Jhankot SignLanguage Nepalese SignLanguage Category Signlanguage isolates ... more details
Al Sayyid Bedouin SignLanguageAdamorobeSignLanguage Yucatec Maya SignLanguage Kata Kolok Martha s Vineyard SignLanguage External links http www.pbs.org wgbh evolution library 07 2 l 072 04.html 5 minute PBS documentary video showing examples of Nicaraguan SignLanguage QuickTime and RealPlayer ...Infobox language name Nicaraguan SignLanguage nativename Idioma de Se as de Nicaragua, ISN states Nicaragua ... no official census data available familycolor signlanguage family developed as an independent pidgin like language from a number of home sign systems, with the addition of an American SignLanguage ASL influenced manual alphabet iso3 ncs No footnotes date April 2011 Nicaraguan SignLanguage ISN lang es Idioma de Se as de Nicaragua is a signlanguage signed language spontaneously developed by deaf ... 1986, the Nicaraguan Ministry of Education contacted Judy Kegl , an American SignLanguage linguist ... Agreement verb agreement and other conventions of grammar. This more complex signlanguage is now ... conventional home sign systems and gesture. Some linguists see what happened in Managua as proof that Language ... of her research in Nicaragua in 1986 until Nicaraguan SignLanguage was well established ... of isolating the Nicaraguan children. Kegl s organization Nicaraguan SignLanguage Projects helped ... for innate language capacities William Stokoe , known by many as the father of American SignLanguage ... in contact with other languages in its environment. Nicaraguan SignLanguage as unwritable R. Senghas ... claimed that Nicaraguan SignLanguage is unwritable, just that it was often thought as such by those who do not study sign languages. Generally, the influence literacy has on the status of a language ... see http www.signwriting.org for samples of written ISN . Currently, Nicaraguan SignLanguage has ... in an emerging signlanguage. In Brentari, Diane, ed Sign Languages A Cambridge Language Survey. Cambridge ..., J. 1994. The Nicaraguan SignLanguage Project An Overview. Signpost. vol.7, no. 1, Spring, pp. ... more details
Infobox Language name signlanguage Singapore nativename states Singapore region signers 3000 family NA iso3 sls Singapore does not have a national signlanguage. The language of instruction in schools is Signed Exact English , not a signlanguage. A Shanghainese couple founded the first school for the deaf in 1954, where Shanghainese SignLanguage southern Chinese SignLanguage was used as the language of instruction. However, the school ceased operation in the 1960s. Citation needed date August 2007 It is not clear to which extent Singapore signlanguage is indigenous, Chinese Sign or derived from Chinese Sign, or derived from the ASL signs of Signed Exact English. See also American SignLanguage References http www.sadeaf.org.sg Sign 20Language.htm Singapore signlanguage from Singapore Association for the Deaf. Category Languages of Singapore Category Sign languages lang stub singapore stub pt L ngua de sinais da Singapura ... more details
Infobox Language name Indonesian SignLanguage nativename Bahasa Isyarat Indonesia, BII states Indonesia signers unknown fam1 French SignLanguage family French Sign fam2 American SignLanguage American Sign fam3 Malaysian SignLanguage Malaysian Sign iso3 inl Indonesian SignLanguage or Bahasa Isyarat Indonesia BII , is used in Indonesia , at least on the islands of Java and Bali . It is based on Malaysian SignLanguage BIM . Another signlanguage in use in Indonesia is Kata Kolok in Bali. References http library.gallaudet.edu dr faq world sl country.html Sign Languages of the World, by Country Gallaudet University Library http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code inl Ethnologue Category Languages of Indonesia Category American SignLanguage family pt L ngua de sinais indon sia ... more details
Infobox Language name Lyons SignLanguage states France familycolor signlanguage signers unknown family language isolate iso3 lsg Lyons SignLanguage is an old signlanguage of France. It is not intelligible with and apparently not related to French SignLanguage , which developed in Paris. The number of current speakers is not attested. Classification Wittmann 1991 ref Henri Wittmann Wittmann, Henri 1991 . Classification linguistique des langues sign es non vocalement. Revue qu b coise de linguistique th orique et appliqu e 10 1.215 88. http homepage.mac.com noula ling 1991a class.pdf ref posits that LSL is a language isolate a prototype signlanguage . Wittmann further suspects that LSL gave rise to Belgian SignLanguage, of which today the two dialects, Flemish SignLanguage and French Belgian SignLanguage, are treated separately. References Reflist Category Signlanguage isolates Category Languages of France ... more details
Infobox language name Zambian SignLanguage nativename ZSL signers date familycolor Sign family unclassified states Zambia iso3 zsl Zambian SignLanguage is a signlanguage used by the Deaf community in Zambia . It is not clear how many Zambians use Zambian SignLanguage, although it is taught in some special schools and interpreters appear on some television programmes. The Association of SignLanguage Interpreters of Zambia ASLIZ is involved in promoting greater support for and recognition of Zambian SignLanguage in schools, in the government and in entertainment media such as television. References http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code zsl Ethnologue report for language code zsl Category Sign languages Category Languages of Zambia ... more details
Infobox Language name Selangor SignLanguage nativename Bahasa Isyarat Selangor states Malaysia region Kuala Lumpur and Selangor signers 500, mostly elderly, all bilingual in Malaysian SignLanguage Malaysian Sign familycolor Sign fam1 French SignLanguage family French Sign fam2 American SignLanguage American Sign , with local mixture iso3 kgi Selangor SignLanguage SSL , also known as Kuala Lumpur SignLanguage KLSL , is a signlanguage used in Malaysia . It was originally based on American SignLanguage ASL but has diverged significantly enough to now be considered a language in its own right. Kuala Lumpur was formerly located in the state of Selangor before it became a federal territory in 1974. Like Penang SignLanguage PSL , it now mainly used by older people, although many younger people can understand it. See also Malaysian SignLanguage MSL or BIM Penang SignLanguage PSL Kod Tangan Bahasa Malaysia KTBM , Manually Coded Malay External links http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code kgi ethnologue entry Category Languages of Malaysia Category American SignLanguage family lang stub Malaysia stub pt L ngua de sinais de Selangor ... more details
Infobox Language name Nepali SignLanguage states Ecuador familycolor signlanguage signers 5,740 date 2001 date census family Indo Pakistani SignLanguage ? br language isolate ? iso3 nsp Nepali SignLanguage is the main deaf signlanguage of Nepal . Classification Wittmann 1991 ref Henri Wittmann Wittmann, Henri 1991 . Classification linguistique des langues sign es non vocalement. Revue qu b coise de linguistique th orique et appliqu e 10 1.215 88. http homepage.mac.com noula ling 1991a class.pdf ref posits that ESL is a language isolate a prototype signlanguage , though one developed through stimulus diffusion from an existing signlanguage, likely Indo Pakistani SignLanguage or the systems that underlay it. Woodward 1993 ref Quoted in Sign Languages , CUP 2010 ref compared signlanguage varieties in India, Pakistan and Nepal and found cognate rates of 62 71 . He concluded these are separate languages of the same family. See also Local indigenous sign languages in Nepal are Jhankot SignLanguage , Jumla SignLanguage , and Ghandruk SignLanguage . References Reflist Category Signlanguage isolates Category Languages of Nepal pt L ngua de Sinais do Nepal ... more details
Infobox Language name Estonian SignLanguage nativename ESL states Estonia n region Limited to Estonia signers 4,500 1998 family influenced by Russian SignLanguage Russian Sign iso3 eso Estonian SignLanguage ESL , lang et Eesti viipekeel is the national signlanguage of Estonia . In 1998 there were about 4,500 signers out of a deaf population of 2000 and a hearing impaired population ten times that number. It is widespread in the cities of Tallinn and P rnu among deaf ethnic Estonians deaf Russian Estonians in Tallinn use Russian SignLanguage , Russians outside Tallinn tend to use a Russian&ndash Estonian SignLanguage pidgin, or may be bilingual. In its formative stages, Estonian SignLanguage was influenced by Russian and Finnish SignLanguage for example, the ESL sign for butterfly developed from the Finnish sign for bird . There are several dialects, the most archaic of which is the P rnu variety. Like other sign languages, ESL is heavily influenced by the local spoken language. For instance, some signs are based on fingerspelling the first letter of an Estonian word, as in the sign for restoran restaurant . Instruction for parents of deaf children is available in Tallinn. Teaching and research began in 1990 at Tartu University . Category Estonian language Category Sign languages Category Swedish SignLanguage family Category French SignLanguage family pt L ngua de sinais estoniana ... more details
Incubator code sgn FI Infobox language name Finnish SignLanguage nativename Suomalainen viittomakieli states Finland signers 5,000 1986 familycolor Sign fam1 ? BANZSL British Sign fam2 Swedish SignLanguage family Swedish Sign iso3 fse Finnish SignLanguage suomalainen viittomakieli in Finnish language Finnish is the signlanguage most commonly used in Finland . There are 5000 estimate Finnish deaf who have Finnish SignLanguage as a mother tongue. Linguistically Finnish SignLanguage is closest to Swedish SignLanguage , from which it began to separate as an independent language in the middle of the 19th century. Finnish legislation recognition of sign languages Finland recognized Finnish SignLanguage as one of Finland s domestic languages in 1995 when it was included in the renewed Constitution of Finland constitution . Finland then became the third country in the world to recognize signlanguage as a natural language and the right to use it as a mother tongue. Courses in signlanguage have been taught in Finland since the 1960s. At that time, instruction taught signs but followed Finnish word order see Manually Coded Language . Later, as research on sign languages in general and Finnish SignLanguage in particular determined that sign languages tend to have a very different grammar to spoken languages, the teaching of Finnish SignLanguage and Signed Finnish have diverged. External links http suvi.viittomat.net Finnish SignLanguage dictionary in Finnish http www.kl deaf.fi File 66fbe96f 9231 43f2 844d ef5b765d8b0a Draft curriculum FSL.pdf Draft Curriculum and Structure of Finnish SignLanguage PDF download, in English contains useful information on the grammar of Finnish SignLanguage http members.surfeu.fi deaf Finnish Manual Alphabet Also Finnish SignLanguage Category Swedish SignLanguage family Category Languages of Finland eo Finna mansigna lingvo hr Finski znakovni jezik it Lingua dei segni finlandese no Finsk tegnspr k pt L ngua de sinais finlandesa fi ... more details
Infobox Language name Tijuana SignLanguage states Mexico familycolor signlanguage signers unknown family language isolate ? iso3 none Tijuana SignLanguage is a deaf signlanguage of Mexico , but one unintelligible with, and apparently unrelated to, Mexican SignLanguage . Classification Wittmann 1991 ref Henri Wittmann Wittmann, Henri 1991 . Classification linguistique des langues sign es non vocalement. Revue qu b coise de linguistique th orique et appliqu e 10 1.215 88. http homepage.mac.com noula ling 1991a class.pdf ref posits that ESL is a language isolate a prototype signlanguage , though one developed through stimulus diffusion from an existing signlanguage, likely of the French SignLanguage family . References Reflist Category Signlanguage isolates Category Languages of Mexico Category Tijuana ... more details
Infobox language family name Swedish SignLanguage region Europe familycolor signlanguage fam1 ? BANZSL British Sign child1 Swedish SignLanguage Swedish Sign child2 Portuguese SignLanguage Portuguese Sign child3 Finnish SignLanguage Finnish Sign The Swedish SignLanguage family is a language family of signlanguage s, including Swedish SignLanguage , Portuguese SignLanguage , and Finnish SignLanguage . Swedish SL started about 1800. Wittmann 1991 ref Henri Wittmann Wittmann, Henri 1991 . Classification linguistique des langues sign es non vocalement. Revue qu b coise de linguistique th orique et appliqu e 10 1.215 88. http homepage.mac.com noula ling 1991a class.pdf ref proposes that it descends from BANZSL British SignLanguage . However, other sources ref http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code swl Ethnologue , Swedish SignLanguage ref state that Swedish SL has no known predecessor. Regardless, Swedish SL in turn gave rise to Portuguese SignLanguage 1823 and Finnish SignLanguage 1850s , the latter with local admixture Finnish and Swedish Sign are mutually unintelligible. Ethnologue reports that Danish SignLanguage is largely mutually intelligible with Swedish Sign, though Wittmann places DSL in the French SignLanguage family . References reflist language families Category Swedish SignLanguage family ... more details
Infobox language name Icelandic SignLanguage nativename slenskt T knm l states Iceland signers date familycolor Sign fam1 French SignLanguage family French Sign fam2 Danish SignLanguage Danish Sign iso3 icl The Icelandic signlanguage slenskt t knm l is the signlanguage of the deaf community in Iceland . It is based on the Danish SignLanguage until 1910, deaf Icelandic people were sent to school in Denmark , but the languages have diverged since then. It is officially recognized by the state and regulated by a national committee. Icelandic SignLanguage is distinct from Icelandic language spoken Icelandic in 1999, the Icelandic Ministry of Education stated that, in the Icelandic basic curriculum, Icelandic SignLanguage is the first language of deaf people, while spoken Icelandic is a second language. Therefore, deaf Icelanders should learn Icelandic SignLanguage as their first language and Icelandic as their second language. T knm l is the Icelandic language word meaning SignLanguage . The word originates from the Norwegian language Norwegian Teiknspr k Tegnspr k. The corresponding word in Swedish language Swedish is Teckenspr k, and in Danish language Danish it is Tegnsprog. For more information on the recognition of Icelandic SignLanguage and the comparison with other countries, see Legal recognition of sign languages . A lexical comparison of signs from Icelandic SignLanguage with their counterparts in Danish SignLanguage was undertaken Aldersson 2006 to try to determine the degree of current lexical similarity. It was found that whilst the two sign languages are certainly related, 37 of signs analysed were completely different in structure and a further 16 , whilst similar, still contrasted in one of the four parameters of hand configuaration, location, movement ... . References SignLanguage Studies October 1, 2008 Aldersson, Russell R McEntee Atalianis, Lisa J 700 words Icelandic language Category Danish SignLanguage family Category Icelandic culture Category ... more details
Infobox Language name Hawaii Pidgin SignLanguage states Hawaii region limited to the islands of Hawaii signers virtually extinct a few elderly signers are bilingual with the dominant American SignLanguage ASL iso3 hps Hawaii Pidgin SignLanguage is a signlanguage used in Hawaii . Now largely supplanted by American SignLanguage , it is almost extinct language extinct and is used only by a few elderly people, who are bilingual in ASL. The language is named for the Hawaii Pidgin spoken language and is not itself a pidgin . Category Sign languages Lang stub pms Lenga dij segn Hawai i pidgin pt L ngua de Sinais Havaiana ... more details
Infobox Language name Hausa SignLanguage states Nigeria region Northern states of Nigeria Hausa language Hausa speaking areas signers ? iso3 hsl Hausa SignLanguage is the signlanguage of the Deaf community in Hausa language Hausa speaking areas of Northern Nigeria . References Schmaling, Constanze 2000 . Maganar Hannu Language of the hands. A descriptive analysis of Hausa SignLanguage . Hamburg Signum. Kamei, Nobutaka 2004 . The Sign Languages of Africa , Journal of African Studies Japan Association for African Studies Vol. 64, March, 2004. Category Signlanguage isolates Category Languages of Nigeria comm stub Nigeria stub pt L ngua Gestual Hausa ... more details
Infobox Language name Greek SignLanguage states Greece signers 42,600 1986 familycolor Sign fam1 French SignLanguage family French Sign fam2 French SignLanguage FSL ASL mix iso3 gss Greek SignLanguage lang el is the signlanguage of the Greece Greek deaf community. It has been Legal recognition of sign languages legally recognised as the official language of the Deaf Community in Greece by Law 2817 in 2000. The Greek SignLanguage is estimated to be used by about 40,600 signers. ref cite web title An Environment for Deaf Accessibility to Educational Content url http www.esstt.rnu.tn utic tica2007 sys files medias docs p23.pdf accessdate 2010 03 18 author Eleni Efthimiou coauthors Stavroula Evita Fotinea work Proceeding of the First International Conference in Information and Communication Technology & Accessibility April 12 14, 2007, Hammamet TUNISIA publisher Mohamed JEMNI editor location Tynisia ref Greek SL formed in the 1950s when American SignLanguage and French SignLanguage came together, with admixture from indigenous sign. References reflist Category French SignLanguage family Category Languages of Greece Category American SignLanguage family Greece stub pt L ngua de sinais grega ... more details
Encyclopedia
top
