SV: statistics on official recognition of SLs?

[Sonja Erlenkamp]

The question is if the article should include signed languages in general (which would probably lead to a major extension of the article if done properly), only ASL or none of them, or just a new link to a new article on signed languages as minority languages.



For now, the article doesn't say much about the whole issue. If I apply the question to NTS (Norwegian Sign Language) the whole matter looks quite different from ASL (NTS was recognized as a language in the 80s/90s and as part of the Norwegian cultural heritage by the Norwegian parliament in 2009, now, for the first time the Norwegian language council is preparing a language bill describing the rights for five different languages in Norway, including NTS).



All the best



Sonja



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Sonja Erlenkamp

Professor in Signed Language Linguistics

University-College of Sør-Trøndelag

Department of teacher and interpreter education

7004 Trondheim

Norway

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Fra: linguists interested in signed languages [SLLING-L at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU] på vegne av Mark A.Mandel [mamandel at LDC.UPENN.EDU]
Sendt: 31. januar 2012 19:42
To: SLLING-L at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU
Emne: statistics on official recognition of SLs?

The Wikipedia article "Minority languages" includes the paragraph (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minority_language#Controversy)

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Signed languages are often not recognized as true natural languages even though they are supported by extensive research. In the United States, for example, American Sign Language is the most used minority language yet almost the only minority language which lacks official government recognition.[citation needed]
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How accurate are these statements? Can the paragraph and the article be improved with reliable and recent data?

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Mark A. Mandel
Linguistic Data Consortium
University of Pennsylvania



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