LL-L "Language varieties" 2003.09.09 (15) [E]

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A=Afrikaans Ap=Appalachian B=Brabantish D=Dutch E=English F=Frisian
L=Limburgish LS=Lowlands Saxon (Low German) N=Northumbrian
S=Scots Sh=Shetlandic V=(West)Flemish Z=Zeelandic (Zeêuws)
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From: Sandy Fleming [sandy at scotstext.org]
Subject: "Sign Languages"

Lowlanders,

I've been looking at a list of sign languages which have been submitted for
ISO coding. I've never seen such a full list of sign languages and found the
mere listing of them very interesting. Apparently there's an "Old Kentish
Sign Language", which might explain some of the remarks I've heard from deaf
people about problems with signing in Kent! And apparently the Vatican has
its own monastic sign language.

The full list was in a PDF document at
http://www.signwriting.org/library/pdf/pdf005.html (it's document 33), but I
thought it would be interesting to extract those sign languages which could
be said to be Lowlands-related. I doubt if the list is  complete.

These don't necessarily follow political borders. Irish and British sign
languages are thought to be divided by religious sect in Northern Ireland,
for example, though this might be partly propaganda. I suspect that there
may be separate sign languages lurking beneath the cloak of a single
nation-state, sometimes.

SIGN LANGUAGES OF THE LOWLANDS
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UK
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British Sign Language
Old Kentish Sign Language (Kent)

Ireland
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Irish Sign Language

Belgium
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Belgian-French Sign Language
Belgian-Flemish Sign Language

Netherlands
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Dutch Sign Language

Denmark
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Danish Sign Language

Germany
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German Sign Language
Yiddish Sign Language (Yiddish communities, I presume)

SIGN LANGUAGES OF OTHER LOWLAND-LANGUAGE AREAS
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USA
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American Sign Language (USA, Canada)
Plains Sign Talk (South Dakota)
Martha's Vineyard Sign Language (Massachussetts)
Hawaian Pidgin Sign Language (Hawaii)

Canada
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American Sign Language (USA, Canada)
French Canadian Sign Language (Quebec)
Nova Scotian Sign Language (Nova Scotia)
Eskimo Sign Language (Nunavut)

Jamaica
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Jamaican Country Sign Language

South Africa
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South African Sign Language

Australia
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Australian Sign Language
Australian Aboriginal Sign Language (Northern Territory)

New Zealand
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New Zealand Sign Language

Sandy
http://scotstext.org/

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