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Date: Sun Mar 17, 2002 1:35
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Subject: Re: Names for sign languages
> shuwa = hand (shu) talk (wa) = sign language
> shouyu = hand (shou) language (yu)
> suhwa = hand (su) talk (hwa)
> su'o = hand (su) language (o)
Hm. Are they all written the same way in Chinese/Kanji/Hanja ( $B<jOC (B)? If
so, all new confusion. ^_^ You'd need the country name, as you said ( $BF|K\ (B
$B<jOC (B, etc.)
As an aside, the Plains Indian Sign Talk name for that language is a
combination of HAND and TALK:
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Of course, don't Deaf people pretty much everywhere just call their
language SIGN (however that is signed in their SL)? The problem is that
the local name, which serves the function of distinguishing it from the
local spoken language(s), doesn't help us when we are assuming the set
of all sign languages as a starting point. Nomenclature is always a
sticky thing...
Gambate,
Dan.
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