Did you know Mardin Sign Language is severely endangered?

ALSO KNOWN AS		Dilsizce, Eski Işaretler
CLASSIFICATION		Sign Language, Near Eastern
CODE AUTHORITY		LINGUIST List
LANGUAGE CODE		1kz
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Information from: “Mardin Sign Language: Signing in a "deaf family"” . Hasan Dikyuva (2012) , Ulrike Zeshan and Connie de Vos · de Gruyter

Severely endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~40
Native speakers worldwide
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"MarSL is currently used by an estimated 40 people, including both deaf and hearing members of the Dilsiz family."

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"[Mardin SL] is mainly used at home and at family gatherings such as weddings. The language is highly endangered and not acquired by children any more... Most of the fluent MarSL users are in their 50s and 60s."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Turkish Sign Language

PLACES: Turkey

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "MarSL originated in Mardin, a town in south-eastern Turkey close to the Syrian border."

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
40
Native speakers worldwide

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "In the town of Mardin in South-eastern Turkey, deafness has been widespread in one particular extended family and can be traced back at least five generations. The family's last name is Dilsiz, which means "deaf" (literally tongue-less) in Turkish. Most of the signers are now bilingual in Mardin Sign Language and Turkish Sign Language, and the younger deaf people only have partial passive competence, using Turkish Sign Language exclusively. As far as is known so far, all sign language users have by now moved away from Mardin and now live in Istanbul and Izmir, where about 40 deaf and hearing people still use MardinSL."

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
40
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
(2008)

PLACES: Turkey

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Mardin, southeastern Turkey

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~40
Native speakers worldwide

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Mardin, Turkey; Istanbul, Izmir

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: mainly in Mardin, southeastern Turkey

	2012	Personal Communication on sign languages							James Woodward	James Woodward. 2012. "Personal Communication on sign languages."	40	10-99	(2008)			Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				Turkey	Mardin, southeastern Turkey	37.321, 40.724
	2010	"Signing in a " HRELP Abstract						http://www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=203	Ulrike Zeshan	Zeshan, Ulrike. 2010. ""Signing in a " HRELP Abstract." Online: http://www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=203.	~40	10-99		Turkish Sign Language		Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				Mardin, Turkey; Istanbul, Izmir	mainly in Mardin, southeastern Turkey	37.321, 40.724
9781614512035	2012	Mardin Sign Language: Signing in a "deaf family"	Sign Languages in Village Communities	Ulrike Zeshan and Connie de Vos	de Gruyter	Nijmegen			Hasan Dikyuva	Hasan Dikyuva. 2012. "Mardin Sign Language: Signing in a "deaf Family"." In Sign Languages in Village Communities, edited by Ulrike Zeshan and Connie de Vos. de Gruyter.	~40	10-99	"MarSL is currently used by an estimated 40 people, including both deaf and hearing members of the Dilsiz family."	Turkish Sign Language		Severely Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	14	"[Mardin SL] is mainly used at home and at family gatherings such as weddings. The language is highly endangered and not acquired by children any more... Most of the fluent MarSL users are in their 50s and 60s."	14	Turkey	"MarSL originated in Mardin, a town in south-eastern Turkey close to the Syrian border."	37.322566, 40.725635
	2008	Mardin Sign Language					University of Central Lancashire	http://www.uclan.ac.uk/schools/journalism_media_communication/islands/villagesign/mardin_sl.php	Hasan Dikyuva	Hasan Dikyuva. 2008. "Mardin Sign Language." Online: http://www.uclan.ac.uk/schools/journalism_media_communication/islands/villagesign/mardin_sl.php.	40	10-99			"In the town of Mardin in South-eastern Turkey, deafness has been widespread in one particular extended family and can be traced back at least five generations. The family's last name is Dilsiz, which means "deaf" (literally tongue-less) in Turkish. Most of the signers are now bilingual in Mardin Sign Language and Turkish Sign Language, and the younger deaf people only have partial passive competence, using Turkish Sign Language exclusively. As far as is known so far, all sign language users have by now moved away from Mardin and now live in Istanbul and Izmir, where about 40 deaf and hearing people still use MardinSL."	Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Mardin Sign Language

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Severely endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~40

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

40

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

40

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~40

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Mardin Sign Language

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Severely endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~40

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

40

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

40

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~40

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