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AdamorobeSignLanguage
AdamorobeSignLanguage is a DeafSignLanguage of Ghana. SIL code: ADS. ISO 639-2: sgn. Population: 300 deaf in the village, 3,000 including hearing people (1998 GILLBT). Region: Adamorobe, a village in the Eastern Region. The district capital is Aburi. Comments: All ages, evenly distributed. 15% deafness in the population, one of the highest percentages in the world, caused by genetic recessive autosome. The village has been settled for 200 years. It is an indigenous deaf sign language, also used by many hearing people. Most users have no contact with Ghanaian Sign Language. They are considered to be full citizens. Agriculturalists, firewood traders.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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InstancesContentBearingPhysicalAny Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition.
 DeafSignLanguageA DeafSignLanguage is a ManualHumanLanguage primarily intended for communication between a deaf individual and a hearing individual or between deaf individuals.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 Entit�The universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
 LinguaggioUmanoThe subclass of Languages used by Humans.
 LinguaggioA system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people.
 EspressioneLinguisticaThis is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words.
 ManualHumanLanguageA ManualHumanLanguage is a HumanLanguage which has as its medium gestures and movement, such as the shape, position, and movement of the hands.
 Entit�ConcretaAn entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
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