Maritime Sign Language
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| Maritime Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| MSL | |
| Signed in | Canada |
| Native signers | few; now moribund (date missing) |
| Language family |
BANZSL
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nsr |
Maritime Sign Language (MSL), is a sign language, derived from British Sign Language, formerly used in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island, Canada.[1] It is still remembered by some elderly people, and as of 2009 had approximately 100 signers,[2] but is effectively extinct.[3]
The dialect of American Sign Language currently used in the Maritimes exhibits some lexical influence from MSL.
[edit] References
- ^ Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.) (2005). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. [1]
- ^ Canada's Maritime Sign Language by Yoel, Judith, Ph.D., UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA , 2009
- ^ Mathur, Gaurav; Napoli, Donna Jo, eds. (2010). "Sign language geography". Deaf Around the World: The Impact of Language. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 34. ISBN 9780199732548. http://communication.ucsd.edu/cpadden/sites/default/files/Padden%20SL%20Geography.pdf.
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