Fwd: [TEACHASL] Sign Langauge Family Map

[Albert Bickford]

The English Wikipedia article on "sign languages" has some rather 
extensive comments about language family relationships.  I'm not 
vouching for the accuracy of the information there, but it would be a 
place to start.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_languages#Classification
There is not, however, a graphical map.  Indeed, given the complexity of 
the relationships involved, I wonder if a map would even be helpful.

--Albert

Albert Bickford
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On 2014/02/06 7:40 AM, Adam Frost wrote:
> 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?
>
> Adam
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> *From:* "Heather Berry" <heatherraeberry at YAHOO.COM 
>> <mailto:heatherraeberry at YAHOO.COM>>
>> *Date:* February 6, 2014 at 6:36:07 AM PST
>> *To:* TEACHASL at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU 
>> <mailto:TEACHASL at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU>
>> *Subject:* *[TEACHASL] Sign Langauge Family Map*
>> *Reply-To:* "Heather Berry" <heatherraeberry at yahoo.com 
>> <mailto:heatherraeberry at yahoo.com>>
>>
>> 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?
>> Thanks!
>> Heather


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