Colombian Sign Language
| Colombian Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| Lengua de Señas Colombiana | |
| Native to | Colombia |
| Signers | 151,000 (2021)[1] |
Andean? | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | csn |
| Glottolog | colo1249 |
| ELP | Lua error in Module:Endangered_Languages_Project at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
Colombian Sign Language (Spanish: Lengua de Señas Colombiana, LSC, Spanish pronunciation: [ˈleŋɡwa ðe ˈseɲas kolomˈbjana]) is the deaf sign language of Colombia.
Classification
[edit | edit source]Clark[2] notes that Peruvian, Bolivian, Ecuadorian and Colombian sign languages "have significant lexical similarities to each other" and "contain a certain degree of lexical influence from ASL" as well, at least going by the forms in national dictionaries. Chilean and Argentine share these traits, though to a lesser extent.
Description
[edit | edit source]The development of the signs have influences of Spanish sign language and American Sign Language.[citation needed] It is reported to have signs in common with Salvadoran Sign Language.[3]
Teaching
[edit | edit source]There are two sign language schools in Bogotá (the first started in 1929), two in Medellín and one in Cali. Countrywide, three different institutions of support for deaf promotes the learning of the language. The national Committee for the sign language promotes the research in the area, distributes the manual alphabet for spelling and the Grammar Dictionary and supports the organization for sign language teachers. The now defunct national central of telecommunications TELECOM distributed a CD-ROM software for self-learning.
Relevancy
[edit | edit source]There is a growing interest for learning the sign language between the hearing people. Some schools use sign language in the classroom. Interpreters are provided at important public events, and for college students.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Colombian Sign Language at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
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- ^ Colombian Sign Language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
External links
[edit | edit source]- National Institute for the Deaf - INSOR (In Spanish)
- National Federation of Deaf Colombians - FENASCOL (In Spanish)
- Colombian sign language software available in : Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Videos of common words available in : Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
