(documentation PuertoRicanSignLanguage EnglishLanguage "PuertoRicanSignLanguage is a DeafSignLanguage of PuertoRico. SIL code: PSL. ISO 639-2: sgn. Population: (8,000 to 40,000 deaf persons, 1986 Gallaudet Univ.). Alternate names: PRSL. Comments: Related to American Sign Language but distinct. 4 varieties are used: Signed Spanish as a pidgin with hearing Spanish speakers, Signed English as a pidgin with deaf educated in USA and with hearing English speakers, American Sign Language with those who know only that, and PRSL. Some know only PRSL. Signs were introduced in 1907 by nuns. Some home signs are also used.(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") |
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