The Inuit languages are a closely related group of indigenous American languages traditionally spoken across the North American Arctic and the adjacent... 33 KB (3,815 words) - 00:32, 5 March 2024 |
perhaps three hundred sign languages in use around the world today. The number is not known with any confidence; new sign languages emerge frequently through... 28 KB (995 words) - 20:48, 21 March 2024 |
Language (1987?) Black American Sign Language and "Eskimo Sign Language"? (dubious: the indigenous Inuit Sign Language is an isolate) A mixture of LSF... 8 KB (900 words) - 01:16, 14 April 2024 |
(/ɪˈnuːpiæt/ i-NOO-pee-at), Iñupiatun or Alaskan Inuit, is an Inuit language, or perhaps group of languages, spoken by the Iñupiat people in northern and... 69 KB (4,967 words) - 21:41, 8 April 2024 |
Hawaiʻi Sign Language or Hawaiian Sign Language (HSL; Hawaiian: Hoailona ʻŌlelo o Hawaiʻi), also known as Hoailona ʻŌlelo, Old Hawaiʻi Sign Language and Hawaiʻi... 13 KB (1,277 words) - 23:24, 12 February 2024 |
Plains Indian Sign Language (PISL), also known as Hand Talk or Plains Sign Language, is an endangered language common to various Plains Nations across... 30 KB (2,994 words) - 09:13, 8 February 2024 |
Lingua franca (redirect from Diplomatic language) Although unrelated, perhaps Inuit Sign Language played and continues to play a similar role across Inuit Nunangat and the various Inuit dialects. The original... 75 KB (7,551 words) - 14:47, 14 April 2024 |
A village sign language, or village sign, also known as a shared sign language, is a local indigenous sign language used by both deaf and hearing in an... 13 KB (1,656 words) - 05:55, 21 December 2023 |
Plateau Sign Language, or Old Plateau Sign Language, is a poorly attested, extinct sign language historically used across the Columbian Plateau. The Crow... 3 KB (130 words) - 20:51, 17 July 2023 |
Inuktitut (redirect from Eastern Canadian Inuit language) also known as Eastern Canadian Inuktitut, is one of the principal Inuit languages of Canada. It is spoken in all areas north of the North American tree... 37 KB (3,149 words) - 19:43, 15 April 2024 |
Demographics of Greenland (section Languages) the population mainly speaks Danish; Inuit Sign Language is the language of the deaf community. The nomadic Inuit were traditionally shamanistic, with... 27 KB (775 words) - 03:03, 17 March 2024 |
Martha's Vineyard Sign Language (MVSL) was a village sign-language that was once widely used on the island of Martha's Vineyard from the early 18th century... 16 KB (1,831 words) - 22:04, 29 December 2023 |
primary languages for communication by deaf persons in Canada." Inuit Sign Language (IUR), used in Canada's Arctic communities, was developed locally... 37 KB (3,924 words) - 19:55, 28 February 2024 |
Nunavut in Canada Inuit Sign Language – Atgangmuurngniq, ᐊᑦᒐᖕᒨᕐᖕᓂᖅ or ᐆᒃᑐᕋᐅᓯᖏᑦ Spoken in: Nunavut in Canada Inuktitut – ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ Official language in: the Canadian... 112 KB (7,440 words) - 22:10, 9 March 2024 |
Eskimo (redirect from Eskimo and Inuit peoples) closely related Indigenous peoples: Inuit (including the Alaska Native Iñupiat, the Canadian Inuit, and the Greenlandic Inuit) and the Yupik (or Yuit) of eastern... 71 KB (7,025 words) - 18:31, 25 March 2024 |
called Gullah-English, Sea Island Creole English, and Geechee) is a creole language spoken by the Gullah people (also called "Geechees" within the community)... 36 KB (3,651 words) - 12:44, 8 April 2024 |
this cultural context. For instance, many Alaska Native languages determine silence to be a sign of respect and a demonstration that one is listening. However... 13 KB (1,326 words) - 13:29, 2 November 2023 |
Henniker Sign Language was a village sign language of 19th-century Henniker, New Hampshire and surrounding villages in the US. It was one of three local... 1 KB (107 words) - 03:36, 14 November 2023 |
Inuvialuktun (redirect from Western Canadian Inuit language) Canadian Inuit/Inuktitut/Inuktut/Inuktun) comprises several Inuit language varieties spoken in the northern Northwest Territories by Canadian Inuit who call... 14 KB (938 words) - 21:27, 7 November 2023 |
The Inuit are an indigenous people of the Arctic and subarctic regions of North America (parts of Alaska, Canada, and Greenland). The ancestors of the... 100 KB (13,378 words) - 17:21, 17 April 2024 |