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)
Rejected by local tribes as outsiders
Intermarriage, often between cousins
5 generations later... 5% deaf
70 years ago
The introduction of cochlear implants
When?
Voices from El-Sayed (a documentary)
Influences?
Where?
NONE!
al-Sayyid,
a small village in the Negev desert in Israel
+
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=¤tPosition=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