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Which makes me wonder: is there like an Esperanto of sign language? Is/was there any attempt to create one?
by k_sze 6y ago
Which makes me wonder: is there like an Esperanto of sign language? Is/was there any attempt to create one?
- codyogden 6y agoKind of. International Sign[0] is a pidgin language that came together in the early 1950s at the first World Deaf Congress. It was more formalized in the 70s. However, it's never used in a day-to-day fashion (like at home or school), so people don't adopt native fluency. It's not perfect, but it does help resolve communication barriers at large world Deaf-culture events like the Deaf Olympics. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Sign https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Sign