Alipur Sign Language
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alipur-sign-language-245-154944
title:
Alipur Sign Language
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Alipur Sign Language is a village sign language of India. It is spoken in the town of Alipur, Karnataka, a Shia Muslim enclave with a high degree of congenital deafness. There are between 150 and 250 deaf people in Alipur, and there are approximately 10,000 hearing people speaking the language on a population of 26,000. The language has no official status and deaf children receive no formal education. This fact plus the increasing influence of the Indian Sign Language threaten the survival of Al
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Village sign language of India
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alipur_Sign_Language
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2023-02-11T03:29:49Z
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