>From: Danny Wier <dawier@...>
>Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 16:23:57 -0600
>
>About sign language: does an International Sing Language exist (i.e. "deaf
>Esperanto"), or is it even possible or feasible?
>
Yes. It's called Gestuno and is used at international Deaf conferences and
such.
>Also, SIL mentions in its Ethnologue entry for the United States something
>called "Martha's Vineyard Sign Language", which is an obsolete manual
>communication system that was developed for that one locale because of the
>higher-than-average number of hearing-impared persons.
>
No, it was brought to MV from Kent in England with the carriers of the gene
that produced the population. It evolved naturally over centuries and has
died out with that Deaf community's absorption into the ASL mainstream.
Adam
>And has anyone tried to develop a "sign language" for communication between
>speakers of two different languages, like American Indian sign language?
>
>~Danny~
>
>
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