Concept information
Preferred term
uksKaapor Sign Language
Type
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Language
Definition
- Urubú Sign Language (also known as Urubú–Kaapor or Kaapor Sign Language) is a sign language used by the small community of Ka'apor people in the state of Maranhão. Linguist Jim Kakumasu observed in 1968 that the number of deaf people in the community was 7 out of a population of 500. This relatively high ratio of deafness (1 in 75) has led to both hearing and deaf members of the community using the language, and most hearing children grow up bilingual in the spoken and signed languages. Other Indian tribes in the region have also been reported to use sign languages.
Entry terms
- Ka'apor Sign Language
- Urubú-Kaapor Sign Language
ISO 639-3 code
- uks
Notation
- uks
In other languages
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Portuguese
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Lengua de señas Urubu-Kaapor
Spanish
URI
http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/uks
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