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Valerie Sutton Date: Mon Jun 5, 2000 4:50 pm Subject: Re: Sign Languages in Switzerland | |
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At 4:16 PM +0100 6/5/00, Michael Everson wrote: >Also, is Swiss-German Sign Language related to German Sign Language in any >particular way? And is Swiss-French Sign Language related to French Sign >Language in any particular way? SignWriting List June 5, 2000 Hi Michael and Everyone - My understanding is that Swiss-German Sign Language and German Sign Language (DGS) are two very different languages. The reason I assume that is because both regions are translating our "Lessons In SignWriting Textbook". In Germany, Stefan Woehrmann is translating the book into German Sign Language (DGS). In Switzerland, Penny Boyes Braem, and her team at the Forschungszentrum fuer Gebaerdensprache, in Basel and Zurich, are translating the book into Swiss-German Sign Language. Both books will also be in the German spoken language, but their Sign illustrations have to be different, because the Sign Languages are different... -- Val ;-) ----------------------------- Valerie Sutton SignWritingSite: https://www.SignWriting.org To Post A Message To The SW List: SignWriting List Archives: https://www.egroups.com/group/sw-l |
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