Mardin Sign Language

Mardin Sign Language is a family sign language of Turkey. It was originally spoken in the town of Mardin, dating back at least five generations in a single extended family. All speakers now live in Izmir or Istanbul, and the younger generation has shifted to Turkish Sign Language.

Mardin Sign
Native toTurkey
RegionMardin
Native speakers
(few)
family sign
language isolate
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
Glottologmard1245[1]

References

  • "Mardin Sign Language - Mardin SL - University of Central Lancashire". Uclan.ac.uk. 2010-09-16. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Mardin Sign Language". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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