PS - from S.Africa, "inkululeko" also needed ...

Christopher Miller christophermiller at MAC.COM
Fri Jun 25 19:04:10 UTC 2010


"Inkululekho" (there should be an h before the o) is Nguni (i.e. Zulu, Xhosa, and Ndebele spoken in Zimbabwe). Of course, whether there is a/are distinct sign language(s) used by deaf people from Zulu/Xhosa/Ndebele communities is another question...

On 2010-06-25, at 2:57 PM, Kimberley Shaw wrote:

> Hmmm... whichever is most fitting for white gal signing for choral
> festival in the US ... I don't know which group / language inkululeko
> belongs to!
> - Kim
> 
> On 6/25/10, Valerie Sutton <sutton at signwriting.org> wrote:
>> SignWriting List
>> June 25, 2010
>> 
>> Hello Kim and Everyone -
>> I hope there are people on the list who can help you -
>> 
>> South Africa has several different sign languages, is my understanding - I
>> had heard that different groups of people with different spoken languages,
>> also have different sign languages...so which sign language in South Africa
>> are you talking about? grin ;-))
>> 
>> Val ;-)


Christopher Miller
Montreal QC  Canada



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