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| Henniker Sign | |
|---|---|
| Native to | United States |
| Region | Henniker, New Hampshire |
| Extinct | ca. 1900? |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
Henniker Sign Language was a village sign language of 19th-century Henniker, New Hampshire and surrounding villages in the US. It was one of the three local languages which formed the basis of American Sign Language. Although the number of students from Henniker were fewer than speakers of the more famous Martha's Vineyard Sign Language, deafness in Henniker was genetically dominant, and Henniker SL was therefore likely to have been better developed than MVSL.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Lane, Pillard, & French, "Origins of the American Deaf-World: Assimilating and Differentiating Societies and Their Relation to Genetic Patterning". In Emmorey & Lane, eds, The Signs of Language Revisited, 2000
