Sign Languages recognized in Latin America

[twflynn at AOL.COM]

I've taught a number of Deaf college students from:
Dominican Republic
*El Salvador - you have data
Guatemala
Haiti 
Honduras
*Mexico - you have data
Nicaragua

I stay in touch with some of them via Facebook. I could post a question to them - or send them private messages. They may have an idea if their language is official, or they may know someone else who would know. 

How would you like them to contact you? Their Spanish is better than their English - I assume Spanish would be acceptable? 

You can contact me at tflynn at stlcc.edu if you'd like. 


Tom Flynn

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From: Barbara Gerner De Garcia <barbara.gerner.de.garcia at GALLAUDET.EDU>
To: SLLING-L <SLLING-L at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU>
Sent: Fri, Jan 3, 2014 12:37 pm
Subject: Sign Languages recognized in Latin America



I am trying to create an accurate list of Sign Languages in Latin America recognized by their governments.  According to theWFD’s 2009 report Deaf People and HumanRights, the following Latin American countries recognize the sign languageused by Deaf people in the country: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico,Panama, Venezuela. Furthermore, I found that Chile has since 2010 (Biblioteca Nacional de Chile,2013), and Uruguay since 2001 (Republica Oriental del Uruguay, n.d.).  I am not confident that the list from WFD is 100% accurate as I have come across some inaccuracies in the 2009 report. Any help or suggestions are welcome.


Barbara Gerner de Garcia


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On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 6:08 AM, Mike Morgan <mwmosaka at gmail.com> wrote:


a group of us sign language researchers, mostly based in Nepal and India, have been asked to write up an article on "Sign Languages in South Asia" for a NEW encyclopedia of deaf studies.


As members of the group focuses on Sign languages of Nepal and India (although among us we also have soem experience with a couple other neighboruing sign languages), we are interested in collecting basic information on Sign Languages of the other South Asian countries (in order that the article can have a bit of "balance" ... and to balance decades of misleading info regarding the relation between sign languages of the region (e.g. Nepali Sign Language is clearly NOT closely related to IPSL).


We already have info from researchers on SL of the Maldives, and have some materials as well (varying qauntity and quality) on sign languages in Pakistan (esp Karachi) and Sri lanka... but can always do with corroborating (or opposing) info.




Also, we have enough info on the various so-called "village sign languages" of the subcontinent.


Anyone with first-hand linguistically informed knowledge of any of the remaining sign languages (especially: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan), 


as the word limit for the article is quite low (1,000 words), the following basic info is mostly what is required:

1) what is the name of the sign lanuage (in local language(s)
2) how standardized is the sign language

3) how different is it (lexically, and/or grammatically) from neighbouring sign languages, and from British Sign Language and/or American Sign Language

4) is there a dictionary for the sign language, and if so, how many lexical items are in the dictionary
5) what research (if any) is there in/on the sign language

6) what finger spelling system(s) is/are generally used within the Deaf community?


thanks to all for any help you can provide


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