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A Descriptive Analysis of Adamorobe Sign Language (Ghana)
Victoria Anna Sophie Nyst. A Descriptive Analysis of Adamorobe Sign Language (Ghana). PhD thesis, University of Amsterdam, 2007. Online: http://dare.uva.nl/document/93469.
Threatened
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
35
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 2
A majority of community members speak the language. Speaker numbers are gradually decreasing.
2
Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 1
Used in most domains except for official ones such as government, mass media, education etc.
1
Transmission
Transmission 1
Most adults in the community, and some children, are speakers.
1
Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
No results found.
Second-language speakers and learners
1750 (The hearing portion of the population)
Semi-speakers or rememberers
No results found.
Children:
No results found.
Young adults
6
Older adults
No results found.
Elders
No results found.
Ethnic or community population
1750
Year information was gathered
No results found.
Comments on speakers
"Under the chief preceding Nana Kwaakwa Asiampong II, the deaf children were not allowed to go to school outside of the village. This meant they were deprived of education, until the establishment of a special school for the deaf in the village around 1987 by Mr. Adu and Rev. Foster. [...] Most deaf people are positive about their language not because it is prestigious but because they depend on it very much."
Location and Context
Countries
Adamorobe village of Ghana
Location Description
"Adamorobe is a village in the Eastern Region of Ghana situated about 40 kilometres from the capital Accra. The village is located in a bowl-shape valley at the foot of the Akuapem hills."
Government Support
Government supports education in Adamorobe in schools
Institutional Support
African American Deaf missionary Rev. Andrew Foster
Speakers' Attitude
Positive
Other Languages Used By The Community
Akan, Ghanaian Sign Language
Number of Other Language Speakers:
The hearing portion of the community which constitutes 98%% of the ethnic population.
Domains of Other Languages:
None
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
No results found.
Writing system:
None
Other writing systems used:
No results text.
Comments on writing systems:
"Lacking a conventional and extensively used writing system, and requiring advanced technology to communicate at distance directly in sign language, sign languages are mostly used in face-to-face communication."
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