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De: Pablo Flores <fflores@...>
Fecha: Domingo 13 de Septiembre de 1998 23:12
Asunto: Sign language
>Today I saw a Discovery Channel documentary about the creation of new
natlangs.
>They mentioned the Creole and also a sign language from Nicaragua. The
>interesting thing is that this sign language was entirely created by its
first
>'speakers'. A group of deaf boys between 16 and 19 years old came from many
>parts of the region around Managua to a new school, each one of them
possessing
>a small nonstandard lexicon of made-up signs. After a time, they developed
a
>'sign pidgin', and they spread it. Then elementary school pupils began
learning
>it as a first language (because they couldn't speak and they didn't know
any
>sign language previously) and soon overcame their olders. There was no need
to
>teach the language; they learned it by immersion and also created a
grammar.
>
>Has anybody watched the program some time? Watching the birth of a new
>language, they called it: a linguist's dream!
>
I did watch that program and post something into the list. As I'm working
with signed languages this program had a special interest to me.
As I found out later, Colombian Signed Language had some features similar to
the Nicaraguan case, a podgin from many sources was being created, but ASL
(American Signed Language) where introduced by Evangelist misioners, merged
with signes created in Colombia, and spread. Spanish Signd Language has
also influenced the Colombian Sign Language.
Nicaraguan case is unique because there has been no external influence and
was well documented.
>There was a section about pidgins and creoles too. They only talked about
_the_
>Creole, in the Caribbean region. Does anybody have a list of creoles, or
links
>to pages about them? I found the subject extremely interesting.
> So far I've only heard of Tok Pisin (a bit) and Jopara, a Spanish-Guarani
>creole spoken in Paraguay.
>
>--Pablo Flores
>
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Carlos Eugenio Thompson Pinzsn
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