Jamaican Country Sign Language
[别称 Konchri Sain, Country Sign,]语系：Sign Language
·近危
- 地点
- Jamaica
- 地点描述
rural areas in Jamaica
语言元数据
语言文献论坛
信息不完整 “A Sociolinguistic Profile of the Jamaican Deaf Community” . Elizabeth Parks and Christina Epley and Jason Parks (2011)
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濒危
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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40
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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.
- 信息日期
- 2009
- 传承情况
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- 更多关于活力的信息
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"Country Sign users have taught their sign language to the next generation for years (Loupe 2009) but the recent establishment of Maranatha School for the Deaf in the area, which uses JSL, has led to a diminishing use of Country Sign among the younger generation (Wilson 2005)."
- 使用者态度
- Country Sign users see their sign language as beautiful and have positive attitudes toward their unique language and community.
- 该群体使用的其他语言
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Jamaican Sign Language; ASL; Signed English
- 语言环境评论
Similar to other village sign language situations, Country Sign is used not only by deaf people but also by many hearing people in the St. Elizabeth parish.
- 地点
- Jamaica
- 地点描述
Primarily in the St. Elizabeth parish
信息不完整 “Glottolog” .
信息不完整 “Colour signs in two indigenous sign languages” . Dany Adone and Anastasia Bauer and Keren Cumberbatch and Elaine L. Maypilama (2012) , Ulrike Zeshan and Connie de Vos · de Gruyter
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"KS [Konchri Sain] is now an endangered language that coexists alongside two other signed communication systems which carry far more prestige in the community."
- 更多关于活力的信息
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"If transmission of this language is sustained, it may result in the younger generation using KS for daily interaction"
- 该群体使用的其他语言
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Jamaican Sign Language
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Signed English
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Patwa (Jamaican Creole)
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English
- 语言环境评论
"[In the past] all persons in the area, both hearing and Deaf, used KS [Konchri Sain]. Nowadays, the hearing people who sign mainly use JSL [Jamaican Sign Language]. KS is only used with persons who are monolingual in KS."
- 地点
- Jamaica
- 地点描述
"An indigenous sign language native to rural Southeastern Jamaica... [Konchri Sain] originated in Top Hill."