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From:  "Angus B. Grieve-Smith"
Date:  Fri Jul 30, 1999  10:57 pm
Subject:  Re: Acronyms for Signed Languages


On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Valerie Sutton wrote:

> country8 = Canada-French
> French Canadian Sign Language = LSFC

The conventional name is LSQ, "Langue des Signes Quebecoise"


> country29 = Netherlands
> Dutch Sign Language = NGS

NGT, "Nederlands Gebarantaal"


> country31 = Nicaragua
> Nicaraguan Sign Language = LSN

James may correct me here, but I thought people were using ISN,
"Idioma de Senas Nicaraguense."


> country34 = Pakistan
> Pakistani Sign Language = PKSL

Ulrike Zeshan has been using IPSL, "India-Pakistan Sign Language."

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-Angus B. Grieve-Smith
Linguistics Department
The University of New Mexico



  Replies Author Date
1619 Re: Acronyms for Signed Languages Valerie Sutton Tue  8/3/1999
1620 SW List Self-Serve Commands Valerie Sutton Tue  8/3/1999

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