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Martha's Vineyard Sign Language (MVSL) was a village sign-language that was once widely used on the island of Martha's Vineyard from the early 18th century to 1952. It was used by both Deaf and hearing people in the community; consequently, deafness did not become a barrier to participation in public life. Deaf people who signed Martha's Vineyard Sign Language were extremely independent. They participated in society as typical citizens, although there were incidents of discrimination, and language barriers.

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  • Martha’s Vineyards Gebärdensprache oder Martha’s Vineyard Sign Language ist eine heute nicht mehr gebrauchte Gebärdensprache, die sich auf der Insel Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts entwickelte. Die Bevölkerung auf Martha’s Vineyard hatte im 18. und 19. Jahrhundert einen vergleichsweise hohen Anteil an Gehörlosen, die durch genetische Eigenschaften einer Einwanderergruppe aus dem kentischen Weald (Deutsch: Wald, wie in Frankenwald, Bayerischer Wald) in England entstand. Zeitweilig war dort einer von 155 Einwohnern taub, im Vergleich zu einem Durchschnitt von 1:1000 in den USA. In der Ortschaft war sogar jeder vierte Einwohner gehörlos. Dadurch kam es hier zur ausgedehnten Verbreitung der Gebärdensprache seit etwa 1700 bis ins frühe 20. Jahrhundert. Fast alle Einwohner von Martha’s Vineyard beherrschten diese Gebärdensprache mehr oder minder gut. Die spezielle Ausformung dieser Gebärdensprache war ursprünglich die des Weald und entwickelte sich in der Abgeschlossenheit der Insel zu einer eigenen Martha’s-Vineyard-Form. Als Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet und der gehörlose Franzose Laurent Clerc 1817 die erste Schule für Taube in Hartford im benachbarten Staat Connecticut gründeten, wurde Martha’s Vineyards Gebärdensprache zusammen mit der französischen Gebärdensprache eine der Grundlagen für die Entwicklung der heute gebräuchlichen Amerikanischen Gebärdensprache (American Sign Language, ASL). Die letzte bekannte Person, die diese Gebärdensprache beherrschte, starb 1952. Als 1970 eine Doktorandin der Brown University die Insel besuchte und die Gebärdensprache erforschen wollte, stellte sie fest, dass schon damals ein Großteil der Sprache verloren war, da keine Aufzeichnungen existierten. (de)
  • Martha's Vineyard Sign Language (MVSL) was a village sign-language that was once widely used on the island of Martha's Vineyard from the early 18th century to 1952. It was used by both Deaf and hearing people in the community; consequently, deafness did not become a barrier to participation in public life. Deaf people who signed Martha's Vineyard Sign Language were extremely independent. They participated in society as typical citizens, although there were incidents of discrimination, and language barriers. The language was able to thrive because of the unusually high percentage of Deaf islanders and because deafness was a recessive trait, which meant that almost anyone might have both Deaf and hearing siblings. In 1854, when the island's Deaf population peaked, an average of one person in 155 was Deaf, while the United States national average was one in about 5,730. In the town of Chilmark, which had the highest concentration of Deaf people on the island, the average was 1 in 25; at one point, in a section of Chilmark called Squibnocket, as much as 1 in 4 of the population of 60 was Deaf. Sign language on the island declined when the population migrated to the mainland. There are no fluent signers of MVSL today. Katie West, the last Deaf person born into the island's sign-language tradition, died in 1952, though there were a few elderly residents still able to recall MVSL when researchers started examining the language in the 1980s. Linguists are working to save the language, but their task is difficult because they cannot experience MVSL firsthand. (en)
  • マーサズ・ヴィンヤード手話(英語: Martha's Vineyard Sign Language、通称MVSL)は、北米東海岸のマーサズ・ヴィンヤード島で、18世紀初期から1952年まで広く使われていたである。 (ja)
  • La lingua dei segni di Martha's Vineyard (MVSL, Martha's Vineyard Sign Language) è una lingua dei segni sviluppata spontaneamente dai sordi sull'isola di Martha's Vineyard, nello stato di Massachusetts. È di particolare interesse per i linguisti perché offre un'opportunità unica di studiare la nascita di una lingua quasi estinta. (it)
  • Língua de sinais de Martha's Vineyard (Martha's Vineyard Sign Language, ou MVSL) é uma língua de sinais outrora amplamente usada pela comunidade surda na ilha de Martha's Vineyard, na costa de Massachusetts, EUA, desde os inícios do século XVIII até ao ano de 1952. O seu uso é notável, pois não apenas servia a comunidade surda, mas também pessoas ouvintes da comunidade. Assim sendo, naquele local, a surdez não se tornou uma barreira, para os surdos, quanto à sua participação na vida pública e social. A língua de sinais de Martha's Vineyard é ainda notável pelo seu papel no desenvolvimento da Língua de Sinais Americana. Esta língua prosperou, em Martha's Vineyard devido à alta percentagem de surdez, nos habitantes da ilha. Em 1854, quando a taxa de surdez na ilha atingiu o seu pico, a taxa nacional de surdez nos EUA era de 1 para 5728, enquanto que em Martha's Vineyard era de 1 para 155. Na cidade de Chilmark, que tinha a maior concentração de pessoas surdas da ilha, a taxa era de 1 para 25; numa localidade de Chilmark chamada Squibnocket, quase um quarto da sua pequena população de 60 pessoas, era surdo. Era comum pessoas ouvintes usarem a língua de sinais, no seu quotidiano, mesmo quando não havia pessoas surdas presentes: crianças gestualizavam nas costas de um professor; adultos sinalizavam; agricultores comunicavam em sinais com os seus filhos, que se encontravam na outra ponta de um grande campo. (pt)
  • Жестовый язык Мартас-Винъярд — исчезнувший деревенский жестовый язык, который использовался на острове Мартас-Винъярд (США) со второй половины XVII века до 1952 года. (ru)
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  • マーサズ・ヴィンヤード手話(英語: Martha's Vineyard Sign Language、通称MVSL)は、北米東海岸のマーサズ・ヴィンヤード島で、18世紀初期から1952年まで広く使われていたである。 (ja)
  • La lingua dei segni di Martha's Vineyard (MVSL, Martha's Vineyard Sign Language) è una lingua dei segni sviluppata spontaneamente dai sordi sull'isola di Martha's Vineyard, nello stato di Massachusetts. È di particolare interesse per i linguisti perché offre un'opportunità unica di studiare la nascita di una lingua quasi estinta. (it)
  • Жестовый язык Мартас-Винъярд — исчезнувший деревенский жестовый язык, который использовался на острове Мартас-Винъярд (США) со второй половины XVII века до 1952 года. (ru)
  • Martha’s Vineyards Gebärdensprache oder Martha’s Vineyard Sign Language ist eine heute nicht mehr gebrauchte Gebärdensprache, die sich auf der Insel Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts entwickelte. Die Bevölkerung auf Martha’s Vineyard hatte im 18. und 19. Jahrhundert einen vergleichsweise hohen Anteil an Gehörlosen, die durch genetische Eigenschaften einer Einwanderergruppe aus dem kentischen Weald (Deutsch: Wald, wie in Frankenwald, Bayerischer Wald) in England entstand. Zeitweilig war dort einer von 155 Einwohnern taub, im Vergleich zu einem Durchschnitt von 1:1000 in den USA. In der Ortschaft war sogar jeder vierte Einwohner gehörlos. Dadurch kam es hier zur ausgedehnten Verbreitung der Gebärdensprache seit etwa 1700 bis ins frühe 20. Jahrhundert. Fast alle Einwohner von Martha’s Viney (de)
  • Martha's Vineyard Sign Language (MVSL) was a village sign-language that was once widely used on the island of Martha's Vineyard from the early 18th century to 1952. It was used by both Deaf and hearing people in the community; consequently, deafness did not become a barrier to participation in public life. Deaf people who signed Martha's Vineyard Sign Language were extremely independent. They participated in society as typical citizens, although there were incidents of discrimination, and language barriers. (en)
  • Língua de sinais de Martha's Vineyard (Martha's Vineyard Sign Language, ou MVSL) é uma língua de sinais outrora amplamente usada pela comunidade surda na ilha de Martha's Vineyard, na costa de Massachusetts, EUA, desde os inícios do século XVIII até ao ano de 1952. O seu uso é notável, pois não apenas servia a comunidade surda, mas também pessoas ouvintes da comunidade. Assim sendo, naquele local, a surdez não se tornou uma barreira, para os surdos, quanto à sua participação na vida pública e social. A língua de sinais de Martha's Vineyard é ainda notável pelo seu papel no desenvolvimento da Língua de Sinais Americana. (pt)
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  • マーサズ・ヴィンヤード手話 (ja)
  • Língua de Sinais de Martha's Vineyard (pt)
  • Жестовый язык Мартас-Винъярд (ru)
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