ELP ID
26735
ELP Language
Jamaican Country Sign Language
Speaker Number
10-99
Public Comment
This number refers only to the adults who use JCS. While some sources list 2,500, that number refers to the number of deaf children in Jamaica, as opposed to the number of people who actually use JCS. Most children use both JCS and Jamaican Sign Language (which is 75%% ASL). Some also use Signed English.
Source
A Sociolinguistic Profile of the Jamaican Deaf Community
Preferred
Off
Speaker Number Text
40
Speaker Number Range
10-99