Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Deaf community creates its own language

In this isolated traditional community a form of inherited deafness has been passed down from one generation to the next for the last 70 years. As a result, an indigenous signed language has sprung up, evolving among the deaf villagers as a means of communication. But what is so striking is that many hearing villagers can also speak it.

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