MySL

[Tommi Jantunen]

Dear all,

Just to make a few things straight regarding the discussion on  
Finnish Sign Language.

Finnish Deaf people typically refer to their language with the  
compound-like sign (typically glossed as) VIITTOMAKIELI 'sign  
language'; sometimes, depending both on the background of the signer  
and his/her language variety, this sign may be preceded by the sign  
SUOMI 'Finland' or the sign SUOMENRUOTSALAINEN 'Finland-Swedish'.  
Fingerspelling or signs containing fingerspelling are typically not  
used by Finnish sign language users as a way to refer to their language.

Acronyms such as SVK (derived from the Finnish word [S]uomalainen [V] 
iittoma[K]kieli 'Finnish Sign Language) or FinSL are used almost  
exclusively in academic or "bureaucratic" settings, e.g. in articles  
(SVK in Finnish texts and FinSL in English texts), as a way to refer  
to the language by the means of writing. Also, it should be noted  
that the acronym SVK is used only by a handfull of (mostly hearing)  
linguists.

You can watch the FinSL signs referred to above in Suvi, the On-line  
Dictionary of FinSL. Direct links are:

VIITTOMAKIELI
http://suvi.viittomat.net/Index.aspx?c=search; 
2&type=res&crt_fin=viittomakieli&id=966#start
SUOMI
http://suvi.viittomat.net/Index.aspx?c=search; 
2&type=res&crt_fin=Suomi&id=723#start
SUOMENRUOTSALAINEN
http://suvi.viittomat.net/Index.aspx?c=search; 
2&type=res&crt_fin=suomenruotsalainen&id=359#start

Best wishes,

Tommi Jantunen

--
Tommi Jantunen
Lehtori / Lecturer
Suomalainen viittomakieli / Finnish Sign Language
Kielten laitos / Department of Languages
PL 35 (F) / P.O. Box 35 (F)
40014 Jyväskylän yliopisto / FIN-40014 University of Jyväskylä
Puh. (014) 260 1435 / Tel. +358 14 260 1435
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Shane Gilchrist O hEorpa kirjoitti 5.9.2007 kello 11.23:

> Dear David,
>
> I have spoken to HO Koon-Wei who is a deaf sign linguist in Malaysia.
>
> She said that people in Malaysia use both acronyms - BIM or MySL. When
> speaking with people outside Malaysia, they try and use MySL (making
> it easier for you, maybe?) but in Malaysia, the Deaf community would
> use either BIM or MySL - both the same one language.
>
> I guess its the same with SVK - the Finns tells us that their language
> is called FinSL but they never use that term in Finland - only for the
> outsiders and many deafies outside Finland may find it disrespectful
> by calling it FinSL instead of SVK. Another example is TID (Turkish
> Sign Language) - I havent seen people saying TSL?
>
> Shane
>
> On 05/09/07, Hope Hurlbut <hope_hurlbut at sil.org> wrote:
>> Dear David and Shane,
>> I live in Malaysia, and had not heard of the change!  Maybe it is  
>> has not
>> reached the Borneo side of the Malaysia yet.
>> Hope
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "David McKee" <david.mckee at vuw.ac.nz>
>> To: "A list for linguists interested in signed languages"
>> <slling-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu>
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 5:47 AM
>> Subject: Re: [SLLING-L] MySL
>>
>>
>>> Hi Shane,
>>>
>>> I was in Malaysia for a MySL seminar as a guest speaker at the   
>>> invitation
>>> from Malaysia Federation of the Deaf two weeks ago.  The  change  
>>> happens
>>> recently and maybe your sign linguist isn't aware of  this change  
>>> - yet.
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 5/09/2007, at 9:27 AM, Shane Gilchrist O hEorpa wrote:
>>>
>>>> David,
>>>>
>>>> I spoke to a sign linguist in Malaysia a few weeks ago and she said
>>>> that its called BIM?
>>>>
>>>> Shane
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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