Endangered Languages Project - Yucatec Maya Sign Language

Yucatec Maya Sign Language

^{[aka Nohya Sign Language,]}

Classification: Sign Language

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Nohya Sign Language
CLASSIFICATION		Sign Language, Mexican, Central American, or Caribbean
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		msd
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MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Personal Communication on sign languages” . James Woodward (2012)

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~500
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
16 deaf people and approximately 500 hearing people (1999)

PLACES: Mexico

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Nohya Village, South-central Yucatan

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
16
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
16 deaf people out of a village of 500 in the primary location (1999 H. Smith). All use sign (Sacks 1989)

PLACES: Mexico

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Concentrated in south central Yucatán, sizeable concentration in northern Quintana Roo (1999 H. Smith)

17 (Chican variety only)
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"The YMSL Chican community is, to this day, the largest deaf community identified in the Yucatec Peninsula. It comprises 17 signers."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "Many inhabitants of Chican are trilingual to various degrees in Yucatec Maya, Spanish, and YMSL."

PLACES: Mexico

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Chican village, Yucatan peninsula, Mexico.

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Information from: “Glottolog” .