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Urubú-Kaapor Sign Language |
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Urubu Sign Language (also known as Urubu–Ka'apor or Ka'apor Sign Language) is a village sign language used by the small community
of Ka'apor people in the state of Maranhão. Linguist Jim Kakumasu observed in 1968 that the number of deaf people in the community
was 7 out of a population of 500. This relatively high ratio of deafness (1 in 75) has led to both hearing and deaf members
of the community using the language, and most hearing children grow up bilingual in the spoken and signed languages. Other
Indigenous tribes in the region have also been reported to use sign languages, and to communicate between themselves using
sign language pidgins. Notable features of Urubu Sign Language are its object–subject–verb word order, and its locating of
the past in front of the signer and the future behind, in contrast to sign languages of European origin, including American
Sign Language, Auslan and New Zealand Sign Language. Kyle and Woll (1985) speculate that this is represents a world view of
the past as something visible, and the future as unknowable. Kakumasu noted several features which sign language linguists
today recognise as common to other sign languages, such as the use of name signs. Conditional and imperative grammatical moods
are marked by non-manual features such as a widening of the eyes and tensing of facial muscles. Questions are marked with
a question sign either before or after the clause, described as a motion of the index finger towards the referent (addressee)
with a slight wrist twist. |
Names (more)[en] Ka'apor Sign Language[no] Urubú-tegnspråk [pt] Língua de Sinais Kaapor Brasileira [es] Lengua de señas Urubu-Kaapor |
Language type : Living
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