Kafr Qasem Sign Language
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| Kafr Qasem Sign | |
|---|---|
| KQSL | |
| لغة الإشارة القاسم (Arabic) Lughat il-Ishārah il-Qasim | |
| Native to | Israel |
| Region | Kafr Qasem |
Native speakers | 50 (2020)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sqx |
| Glottolog | kafr1234 |
Kafr Qasem Sign Language (لغة الإشارة الكفر قاسم (Arabic) Lughat il-Ishārah il-Kafr Qasim) is a village sign language at Israel.[2]
The language is in the process of being documented, mainly at the University of Haifa. Kfar Qasem is characterized by a relatively high percentage of people with a hearing impairment, and apparently, their sign language developed spontaneously over the years, even if it was influenced by Israeli Sign Language and local sign languages from the region.[3]
References
- ^ Kafr Qasem Sign at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Kastner, Itamar, Irit Meir, Wendy Sandler, and Svetlana Dachkovsky. 2014. The emergence of embedded structure: insights from Kafr Qasem Sign Language. Frontiers in Psychology Vol 5, article 525. Web access
- ^ "המילון המקוונן לשפת סימנים כפר קאסם – Sign Language Research Lab". 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
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