Fwd: Sign Languages recognized in Latin America

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From: Claudia Haug <Haug_Claudia at t-online.de>
Date: Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 4:57 AM
Subject: WG: Sign Languages recognized in Latin America
To: barbara.gerner.de.garcia at gallaudet.edu,
SLLING-L at listserv.valenciacollege.edu, mwmosaka at gmail.com

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Von: linguists interested in signed languages [mailto:
SLLING-L at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU] Im Auftrag von Maartje De Meulder
Gesendet: Samstag, 4. Januar 2014 20:47
An: SLLING-L at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU
Betreff: Re: Sign Languages recognized in Latin America

Dear Barbara,

I'm a PhD researcher at the University of Jyväskylä (Finland) working on
sign language recognition legislation. I have accurate info for Brazil,
Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela. I will send this to you in a separate
document.

If anyone can provide info for Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador and Panama, I
would be very grateful as well!

Best wishes

Maartje De Meulder

Op 3-jan.-2014, om 19:36 heeft Barbara Gerner De Garcia <
barbara.gerner.de.garcia at GALLAUDET.EDU> het volgende geschreven:

        I am trying to create an accurate list of Sign Languages in Latin
America recognized by their governments.  According to the WFD’s 2009
report Deaf People and Human Rights, the following Latin American countries
recognize the sign language used 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

                mike || U C > || мика  || माईक || মাঈক || માઈક || ਮਾਈਕ ||
மாஇக || マイク || მაიკ || ማይክ
                +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
                           (( Michael W Morgan, PhD ))
                   (new position to be announced shortly!)
                ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
                "People interested only in the bottom line, seem to have
forgotten that the stars are in the oposite direction" (anon)
                -------
                Mos u fshi si miza nën bishtin e kalit.

        --
        Dr. Barbara Gerner de Garcia, Professor
        Department of Education
        Gallaudet University
        800 Florida Ave NE
        Washington, DC 20002-3695

        Phone: 202-651-5207

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the day we become silent
about things that matter."
-- Martin Luther King Jr. --

-- 
Dr. Barbara Gerner de Garcia, Professor
Department of Education
Gallaudet University
800 Florida Ave NE
Washington, DC 20002-3695

Phone: 202-651-5207
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