BURKINA SIGN LANGUAGE

Burkina Sign Language
Burkina Sign Language
Mossi Sign Language
Native to	Burkina Faso
Region	Ouagadougou
Language family	Deaf-community sign language
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	burk1234

Burkina Sign Language (in French: Langue des signes burkinabé or Langue des signes mossi) is the indigenous sign language of the Deaf community in the capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou. Deaf education in Burkina is in American Sign Language (ASL)^[1] and Burkina Faso Sign Language is considered to be an ASL based creole language.^[2]

References

^ Brentari, Diane (2010). Sign Languages. Cambridge University Press. p. 406. ISBN 978-1139487399.
^ Bross, Fabian (2021). "The clause structure of Burkina Faso Sign Language" (PDF). Paper presented at the 10th World Congress of African Linguistics. Leiden University. doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/79VCN.

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[1] Brentari, Diane (2010). Sign Languages. Cambridge University Press. p. 406. ISBN 978-1139487399.

[2] Bross, Fabian (2021). "The clause structure of Burkina Faso Sign Language" (PDF). Paper presented at the 10th World Congress of African Linguistics. Leiden University. doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/79VCN.

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