Nanabin Sign Language
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Deaf sign language of GhanaTemplate:SHORTDESC:Deaf sign language of Ghana
| Nanabin Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Ghana |
| Region | coast, Central Region |
Native speakers | 25–30 (2010)[citation needed] |
village sign language, West African gestural area | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | nana1261 |
| ELP | Lua error in Module:Endangered_Languages_Project at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
Nanabin Sign Language is a family sign language of the coastal Fante village of Ekumfi Nanabin in the Central Region of Ghana, ca. 8 km east of Mankessim. It is used by three generations of a single family which is mostly deaf. The second generation are bilingual in Ghanaian Sign Language.
Nanabin SL is similar to Adamorobe Sign Language in certain conventionalized signs deriving from Akan hearing culture. Both use lax handshapes and portray events from the perspective of the character rather than of the observer.
References
[edit | edit source]- Brentari, ed, Sign Languages, CUP, 2010
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