Malaysian Sign Language

Wed Jul 20 04:01:26 UTC 2005

I'm sad to see that it was a few Deaf grads from Gallaudet who 
expressed opposition to SW.  Hopefully the deaf community in Malaysia 
will have the opportunity to evaluate SW for themselves and not let a 
few make a decision for the whole.  The challenge for us (in any 
community) is finding a way to help the majority have a chance to 
experience SW for themselves and not allow a few to block their access. 
  I have seen some of that in my own sharing about SW. This is where it 
is very important for those of us who are deaf to take the 
responsibility to explain why we like it.  That makes a difference.

Just an observation,

Stuart

On Jul 19, 2005, at 22:48, Aisha Shamsuna Ahmed wrote:

> Dear Hope Hurlbut,
>
> Thank you so much for your response. I'll try to initiate contacts 
> here in Malaysia.
> I hope I can come up with something feasible.
>
> Kind Regards,
> Aisha Shamsuna Ahmed
>
>
>>>> "Hope Hurlbut" <hope_hurlbut at sil.org> 7/19/2005 10:18:08 AM >>>
> Dear Aisha,
> Thank you for your enquiry.  I am sorry to have to tell you that I am 
> now in
> Canada, and do not have access to the material I collected on the sign
> language survey in Malaysia.
> I only introduced SignWriting to a couple of groups of Deaf in 
> Terengganu
> while I was there.  They were very enthusiastic about it. Later, I was 
> in
> contact with a couple of Deaf graduates from Gallaudet University, and 
> they
> were not in favour of SignWriting, so I did not pursue it further.  
> Now my
> work embraces all of Asia, so I do not have any time to work further on
> Malaysian Sign Language.
> I expect to return to Malaysia toward the end of the year.  If you 
> want to
> contact me then, feel free to do so.
> Sincerely,
> Hope Hurlbut
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Aisha Shamsuna Ahmed" <kcx4aas at nottingham.edu.my>
> To: <hope_hurlbut at sil.org>
> Cc: <sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu>; <sutton at signwriting.org>
> Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 12:37 AM
> Subject: Re: [sw-l] Malaysian Sign Language
>
>
> Dear Hope Hurlbut,
>
> Please could you provide me with some information with respect to the 
> work
> you did on Malaysian Sign Language. Most importantly would be contacts 
> here
> in Malaysia so that I could get them to evaluate a computer program I 
> intend
> to develop.
>
> I am a postgraduate student of the University of Nottingham Malaysia 
> Campus,
> and I am conducting research on how Sign Writing can be incorporated 
> in text
> messaging (SMS(Short Message Service)) capability of mobile phones. The
> program I intend to develop would allow people to send texts written 
> in Sign
> Writing using mobile phones. It would form a part of my thesis.
>
> Thank you. Awaiting your response.
>
> Kind Regards,
> Aisha Shamsuna Ahmed
>
>
>>>> sutton at signwriting.org 07/17/05 12:15 AM >>>
> SignWriting List
> July 16, 2005
>
>> Aisha Shamsuna Ahmed wrote:
>> Just wondering though, you mentioned a project in Malaysia. Please
>> could you pass me the contact info of the participants and/or the
>> project coordinators in Malaysia.
>
> Hello Aisha and Everyone -
> The Malaysian Sign Language research was done by Hope Hurlbut
> (hope_hurlbut at SIL.ORG), from Canada, who moved to Malaysia to study
> the Malaysian Sign Languages, and write them in SignWriting, under
> the auspices of the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL).
>
> If you go to our web site, and you click on the Search icon at the
> top, and type in Malaysian Sign Language, and then press Search,
> these are just a few of the many many links you will find
> below...Plus you can also search our List Archives - http://
> www.SignWriting.org/forums/swlist...so you can search and find quite
> a lot of information...
>
> [PDF] ISO Codes for Sign Languages
>
> File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
> Lyons Sign Language. LSG. France. sgn-FR-69. Rhône. Malaysian Sign
> Language. XML Malaysia, Peninsular. sgn-MY. Maltese Sign Language ...
> www.signwriting.org/archive/ docs1/sw0033-Sign-Language-Codes.pdf -
> Similar pages
> [PDF] SignWriting Year-End Report
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> Sign Language Research (TISLR) included. SignWriting in several
> papers. James Kegl. presented written Nicaraguan Sign Language,. the
> writing of Malaysian ...
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> Eleven different Sign Languages are used at the school, and
> SignWriting can ... Other presentations included written Malaysian
> and Italian Sign Languages. ...
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> ... Italy Italian Sign Language = ITSL country25 = Japan Japanese
> Sign Language = JSL country26 = Malaysia Malaysian Sign Language =
> MYSL country27 = Malta Maltese ...
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> ... on.) The Malaysian Deaf claim that the Singaporean Deaf use SEE,
> but I wonder if it is a modified version of ASL, as most of Malaysian
> Sign Language (MSL) is. ...
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> ... It > is probable that the people all understand Malaysian Sign
> Language > because when the language assistant could not remember a
> word, another > Deaf gave a ...
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> ... could no longer understand her properly, so she made a great
> effort to switch back to Malaysian Sign Language (MSL or BIM as the
> Deaf call it - Bahasa Isyarat ...
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