Mardin Sign Language

Mardin Sign
Native to	Turkey
Region	Mardin
Native speakers	(few) (date missing)
Language family	village sign
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (`mis`)
Glottolog	`mard1245`^[1]

Mardin Sign Language is a village sign language of Turkey. It was originally spoken in the town of Mardin, dating back at least five generations in a single extended family. All speakers now live in Izmir or Istanbul, and the younger generation has shifted to Turkish Sign Language.

References

"Mardin Sign Language - Mardin SL - University of Central Lancashire". Uclan.ac.uk. 2010-09-16. Retrieved 2012-05-21.

Languages of Turkey

Official language	Turkish

Minority languages	Arabic Armenian Georgian Greek Kurmanji Kurdish Laz Zaza(ki)

Sign languages	Turkish Sign Language Mardin Sign Language

↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Mardin Sign Language". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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