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How?

150 deaf

also used by most of the hearing villagers

Endangered?

Technically all sign languages are

More endangered than most

Al-Sayyid Bedouin Sign Language

Interesting features

  • Development of a language in real-time
  • Subject Object Verb (SOV) word order, unlike surrounding languages
  • No verb inflection... yet
  • Between home sign and sign language
  • Can trace changes/language innovation back to the original signer

Accent in ISL

Local woman and her Egyptian husband

Two of their five sons were deaf

Village founded 200 years ago

Back of the hands

Finger pads (not tips)

Recessive gene

Rejected by local tribes as outsiders

Intermarriage, often between cousins

5 generations later... 5% deaf

70 years ago

The introduction of cochlear implants

Usual rate is 0.1%

When?

Voices from El-Sayed (a documentary)

Influences?

Where?

NONE!

al-Sayyid,

a small village in the Negev desert in Israel

population: 3,345

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Attitude of the wider community?

or maybe neutral

How many speakers?

REFERENCES

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Sayyid_Bedouin_Sign_Language
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvGPVn7Xlds/a
  • http://www.zmescience.com/medicine/mind-and-brain/sign-language-duality-of-patterning-3543543/
  • http://web.a.ebscohost.com.simsrad.net.ocs.mq.edu.au/ehost/detail/detail?sid=985f23f0-dcd7-4446-a2df-d36d86561046%40sessionmgr4003&vid=0&hid=4214&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#AN=25282350&db=aph
  • http://www.pnas.org/content/102/7/2271
  • http://go.galegroup.com.simsrad.net.ocs.mq.edu.au/ps/retrieve.do?sort=RELEVANCE&docType=Article&tabID=T003&prodId=EAIM&searchId=R1&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchType=AdvancedSearchForm&contentSegment=&currentPosition=1&searchResultsType=SingleTab&inPS=true&userGroupName=macquarie&docId=GALE%7CA138017091&contentSet=GALE%7CA138017091

Village sign language

  • Local language
  • Insular community
  • High incidence of deafness
  • Known by most hearing individuals in the comunity
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