Bamako Sign Language, also known as Malian Sign Language, or LaSiMa (''Langue des Signes Malienne''), is a
sign language that developed outside the Malian educational system, in the urban tea-circles of
Bamako where deaf men gathered after work. It is used predominantly by men, and is threatened by the educational use of
American Sign Language
American Sign Language (ASL) is a natural language that serves as the predominant sign language of Deaf communities in the United States of America and most of Anglophone Canadians, Anglophone Canada. ASL is a complete and organized visual lang ...
, which is the language of instruction for those deaf children who go to school.
See also
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Tebul Sign Language, village sign of the
Dogon region
References
External links
Sign languages of MaliSample signs of LaSiMaProject LaSiMa
(YouTube)
Bamako and Dogon sign languages at the University of Central Lancashire
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Sign language isolates
Sign languages of Mali