Bamako Sign Language, also known as Malian Sign Language, or LaSiMa (''Langue des Signes Malienne''), is a
sign language
Sign languages (also known as signed languages) are languages that use the visual-manual modality to convey meaning, instead of spoken words. Sign languages are expressed through manual articulation in combination with non-manual markers. Sign l ...
that developed outside the Malian educational system, in the urban tea-circles of
Bamako
Bamako ( bm, ߓߡߊ߬ߞߐ߬ ''Bàmakɔ̌'', ff, 𞤄𞤢𞤥𞤢𞤳𞤮 ''Bamako'') is the capital and largest city of Mali, with a 2009 population of 1,810,366 and an estimated 2022 population of 2.81 million. It is located on the Niger Rive ...
where deaf men gathered after work. It is used predominantly by men, and is threatened by the educational use of
American Sign Language, which is the language of instruction for those deaf children who go to school.
See also
*
Tebul Sign Language, village sign of the
Dogon
Dogon may refer to:
*Dogon people, an ethnic group living in the central plateau region of Mali, in West Africa
*Dogon languages, a small, close-knit language family spoken by the Dogon people of Mali
*'' Dogon A.D.'', an album by saxophonist Juliu ...
region
References
External links
Sign languages of MaliSample signs of LaSiMaProject LaSiMa
(YouTube)
Bamako and Dogon sign languages at the University of Central Lancashire
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Sign language isolates
Sign languages of Mali