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Old Costa Rican Sign Language

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Old Costa Rican Sign Language
Native toCosta Rica
Regionmetro San Jose
Native speakers
perhaps 100 (1991)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
1a4
Glottologorig1234
ELPOriginal Costa Rican Sign Language

Old Costa Rican Sign Language is a deaf-community sign language of San Jose, spoken by people born before about 1945. Along with American Sign Language, it is one of the sources of New Costa Rican Sign Language.[2]

References

Bibliography

  • Woodward, James (1991). "Sign Language Varieties in Costa Rica". Sign Language Studies (73): 329–346. doi:10.1353/sls.1991.0022. JSTOR 26204768.