Bamako Sign Language
      
Bamako Sign Language, also known as Malian Sign Language, or LaSiMa (Langue des Signes Malienne), is a sign language that developed outside the Malian educational system, in the urban tea-circles of Bamako where deaf men gathered after work. It is used predominantly by men, and is threatened by the educational use of American Sign Language, which is the language of instruction for those deaf children who go to school.
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References
- ↑  Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Bamako Sign Language". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. 
 
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 Chinese Philippine Indonesia: Indonesian, Kata Kolok (Benkala, Balinese) India: Alipur, Indo-Pakistani, Naga Israel: Al-Sayyid Bedouin, Ghardaia, Israeli, Kafr Qasem Japan: Amami Oshima, Japanese Korean Malaysia: Malaysian, Penang, Selangor Mongolian Nepal: Ghandruk, Jhankot, Jumla, Nepalese Persian Saudi Arabia: Saudi Singapore Sri Lankan Taiwanese Thailand: Ban Khor, Thai Vietnamese
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 Plains Sign Talk Canada: American, Maritime, Quebec, Inuit, Plateau Mexico: Chatino, Mayan, Mexican United States: American (Black American), Keresan, Martha's Vineyard, Plateau, Sandy River Valley, Henniker
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 |  |  | ^a  Sign-language names reflect the region of origin. Natural sign languages are not related to the spoken language used in the same region. For example, French Sign Language originated in France, but is not related to French. | 
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