Re:The Covid Zoom Boom Is Reshaping Sign Language
by codyogden on Friday February 26, 2021 @10:44PM
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Kind of. International Sign[0] is a pidgin language that came together in the early 1950s at the first World Deaf Congress. It was more formalized in the 70s. However, it's never used in a day-to-day fashion (like at home or school), so people don't adopt native fluency.
It's not perfect, but it does help resolve communication barriers at large world Deaf-culture events like the Deaf Olympics.
It's not perfect, but it does help resolve communication barriers at large world Deaf-culture events like the Deaf Olympics.
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Sign