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Mbour Sign Language

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Mbour Sign Language
Native toSenegal
RegionM'Bour
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologmbou1245

Mbour Sign Language (French: Langue des signes de M'bour) is an indigenous sign language used in a neighborhood of the city of M'Bour in Senegal. Deaf people in the neighborhood meet regularly.

References

  • Jirou-Sylla, Gwénaëlle (2001). Description d’une langue des signes informelle en dehors du milieu institutionnel: Analyse lexicale du parler gestuel de Mbour (Sénégal) (PDF) (DEA thesis). Université Paris 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on Nov 11, 2012.