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Endangered sign languages in village communities

This project, led by Prof. Ulrike Zeshan with international research groups, investigates endangered sign languages in village communities. Funded through the EUROCORES programme, the study examines unique sign languages such as Mardin Sign Language in Turkey and Ban Khor Sign Language in Thailand. Research questions explore the sociolinguistic dynamics of village sign languages and challenge traditional views of sign language as a unified type. The project aims to shed light on the role of sociolinguistic settings in urban and rural sign language variations and broaden perspectives on language modality. With diverse field sites and research teams from the UK, US, Israel, Netherlands, and Germany, this collaborative effort seeks to preserve and document these endangered forms of communication.

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Endangered sign languages in village communities

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  1. Endangered sign languages in village communities Prof. Ulrike Zeshan (Project Leader & UK research group) Dr. Angela Nonaka (US research group) Dr. Victoria Nyst (Netherlands research group) Prof. Dany Adone (Germany research group) Dr. Irit Meir (Israel research group)

  2. Context of our collaboration • Funded through the EUROCORES programme of the European Science Foundation (one of 5 project partnerships) • The sign languages and communities we are studying: • Mardin Sign Language (Turkey) • Alipur Sign Language (South India) • Country Sign (Jamaica) • Yucatec Mayan Sign Language (Yucatan, Mexico) • Yolngu Sign Language (Arnhemland, Australia) • Ban Khor Sign Language (Thailand) • Algerian Jewish Sign Language (Israel) • Malian Sign Language (Dogon and Bamako, Mali) • Adamorobe Sign Language (Ghana) • Kata Kolok (Bali)

  3. Research questions • How do village sign languages challenge received views about the characteristics of “sign language” as a unified type of language? • What role does the sociolinguistic setting of these village sign languages play in relation to the differences between rural and urban sign languages? • How does our perspective on language modality, that is, signed versus spoken language, change if we consider a wider range of both urban and village sign languages?

  4. Our field sites ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

  5. Our research teams UK team US team ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Israeli team ● ● Dutch team German team

  6. Contact Project Leader: Prof. Ulrike Zeshan International Centre for Sign Languages and Deaf Studies University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK uzeshan@uclan.ac.uk

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