Bamako Sign Language
| Bamako Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| Malian Sign Language | |
| Native to | Mali |
| Region | Bamako |
| Users | 25,000 (2021)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bog |
| Glottolog | bama1249 |
| ELP | Malian Sign Language |
Bamako Sign Language(French:Langue des signes de Bamako), also known asMalian Sign Language,orLaSiMa(Langue des signes malienne) is asign languagethat developed outside the Malian educational system, in the urban tea-circles ofBamakowhere deaf men gathered after work. It is used predominantly by men, and is threatened by the educational use ofAmerican Sign Language,which is the language of instruction for those deaf children who go to school.
See also
[edit]- Tebul Sign Language,village sign of theDogonregion
References
[edit]- ^Bamako Sign LanguageatEthnologue(25th ed., 2022)
External links
[edit]- Sign languages of Mali
- Sample signs of LaSiMa[permanent dead link]
- Project LaSiMa(YouTube)
- Bamako and Dogon sign languages at the University of Central Lancashire
