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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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