<div dir="ltr">In the places where this BSL-SSL link is mentioned (often online, e.g. Wikipedia), it is usually cited as Wittman (1991), but I don't understand why he sorted SSL under BSL in the first place. Mesch (2006) did a lexical comparison study between SSL and BSL, and found that a 35 % similarity (as opposed to 60 % for SSL and FinSL, for which there is a known historical link). Bergman & Engberg-Pedersen (2010) should be the go-to reference for a summary of the history of SSL (as well as DSL and FinSL).<div>
<br></div><div>The Ethnologue lists 137 SLs under a joint category called "Deaf sign language", but under each entry you can (hopefully) find listings of relatedness/similarities with other SLs. I can't tell how accurate they all are, though: <a href="https://www.ethnologue.com/subgroups/deaf-sign-language">https://www.ethnologue.com/subgroups/deaf-sign-language</a><br>
<div><div><br></div><div><p style="margin-left:24pt">Bergman, Brita & Elisabeth Engberg-Pedersen. 2010. Transmission of sign languages in the nordic countries. In Diane Brentari (ed.), <i>Sign languages: A Cambridge language survey</i>, 74–94. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.</p>
</div><div><p style="margin-left:24pt">Mesch, Johanna. 2006. Påminner nationella teckenspråk om varandra? In Karin Hoyer, Monica Londen & Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), <i>Teckenspråk: Sociala och historiska perspektiv</i>, 71–95. Helsinki: Nordica, Institutionen för nordiska språk och nordisk litteratur, Helsingfors universitet.</p>
</div><div><p style="margin-left:24pt">Wittman, Henri. 1991. Classification linguistique des langues signees non vocalement. <i>Revue québécoise de linguistique théorique et appliquée</i> 10(1). 215–288.</p></div><div><br>
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<div>Yes, this chart has been making the rounds online. I'm not aware of any evidence for a relationship between BSL and Swedish Sign Language (can anyone here explain why it is listed under BSL?), and the degree of relationship with the other sign languages
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>Miako Rankin <<a href="mailto:miako.rankin@GALLAUDET.EDU" target="_blank">miako.rankin@GALLAUDET.EDU</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Reply-To: </span>linguists interested in signed languages <<a href="mailto:SLLING-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU" target="_blank">SLLING-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Thu, 6 Feb 2014 09:57:09 -0500<br>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>Re: [TEACHASL] Sign Langauge Family Map<br>
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I've seen this one going around (attached, hope you can see it - if not, try this link: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=721650357845504&set=pb.130754623601750.-2207520000.1391698382.&type=3&theater" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=721650357845504&set=pb.130754623601750.-2207520000.1391698382.&type=3&theater</a>).
Googled "sign language family tree" and this was the one that came up. No idea where it came from or what kind of accuracy it has. Someone's name is at the bottom but it's too small for me to make it out.
<div>Would love to see a linguistically accurate/inclusive/nuanced one.<br>
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<div>On Feb 6, 2014, at 9:40 AM, "Adam Frost" <<a href="mailto:adam@FROSTVILLAGE.COM" target="_blank">adam@FROSTVILLAGE.COM</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div>This was a question on the TeachASL list. She is asking for a sign language family map. Does anyone know where to find a good one?</div>
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<b>Date:</b> February 6, 2014 at 6:36:07 AM PST<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> <b>[TEACHASL] Sign Langauge Family Map</b><br>
<b>Reply-To:</b> "Heather Berry" <<a href="mailto:heatherraeberry@yahoo.com" target="_blank">heatherraeberry@yahoo.com</a>><br>
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<div>My students are working on Signing Naturally the country unit and picking different countries to research what the Deaf community is like. I had a student ask if there are families of sign just like there are families of spoken language, ie romance languages
etc. I know there are but I am looking for some sort of visual or map that illustrates this in an easy to understand format. I know these exist for spoken language. Does anyone know if something like this exists for sign?</div>
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