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I should note that Shannon at one point says there are "14,000" languages in the world, because people when saying there are "7,000" languages in the world are forgetting that sign languages exist โ€” however it is a bit presumptive to assume that there is a roughly equal number of signed languages as spoken languages.

Still, I think this is an intriguing perspective that makes me want to know more about the language dynamics and language politics of Deaf people around the world.

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[โ€“] bufalo1973@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If I put here a ๐Ÿ™‚ you understand that's a smile, ever if I call it "sonrisa" or "somriure". What I mean is "normalize" the common things between languages. Not erasing localisms. After all every language has synonyms. This could be a "common synonym".

[โ€“] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So you're saying you're in favor of Deaf people having a set of common signs to use when communicating with people from different countries, but you don't want this to replace the local sign languages? Because if that's what you're getting at, then that's just International Sign, isn't it? That already exists and is widely used at international Deaf events.

[โ€“] bufalo1973@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

GREAT! I was mistaken by some comments and I though it didn't exist. I [wrongly] understood that every sign language was "tied" to the local language to the degree of not being understood in other countries.

Thank you for correcting my (flawed) knowledge ๐Ÿ™‚

[โ€“] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

Well, that's at least closer to right. I would recommend you look more into sign languages and International Sign on your own.