Maritime Sign Language

Maritime Sign Language
Maritime Sign Language
MSL
Signed in Canada
Native signers few; now moribund
Language family
BANZSL
  • Maritime Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3 nsr

Maritime Sign Language (MSL), is a sign language, derived from British Sign Language, formerly used in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island, Canada.[1] It is still remembered by some elderly people, and as of 2009 had approximately 100 signers,[2] but is effectively extinct.[3]

The dialect of American Sign Language currently used in the Maritimes exhibits some lexical influence from MSL.

References

  1. ^ Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.) (2005). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International.  [1]
  2. ^ Canada's Maritime Sign Language by Yoel, Judith, Ph.D., UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA , 2009
  3. ^ Mathur, Gaurav; Napoli, Donna Jo, eds (2010). "Sign language geography". Deaf Around the World: The Impact of Language. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 34. ISBN 9780199732548. http://communication.ucsd.edu/cpadden/sites/default/files/Padden%20SL%20Geography.pdf. 



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