Maltese Sign Language
| Maltese Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Malta |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mdl |
| Glottolog | malt1238 |
Maltese Sign Language (Lingwa tas-Sinjali Maltija, LSM) is a young sign language of Malta. It developed into its modern form circa 1980 with the establishment of the first Deaf club in Malta, and subsequently with its use in education for the deaf. Its prior history is unrecorded, though there are some signs which indicate contact with British Sign Language (Malta was a British colony until 1964). These signs are relatively few, however, and LSM is not part of the BSL family (Brentari 2010).
Maria Galea has described the use of SignWriting when used to write Maltese Sign Language.[1]
References
- Notes
- ^ Galea, Maria (2014). SignWriting (SW) of Maltese Sign Language (LSM) and its development into an orthography: Linguistic considerations (Ph.D. dissertation). Malta: University of Malta. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
- Bibliography
- Marie Azzopardi-Alexander, "Iconicity and the development of Maltese Sign Language", in Fabri, ed., Maltese Linguistics: A Snapshot, 2009
