Finland-Swedish_Sign_Language

Finland-Swedish Sign Language

Finland-Swedish Sign Language

Moribund deaf sign language of Finland

Finland-Swedish Sign Language (FinSSL) is a moribund sign language in Finland. It is now used only in private settings by older adults who attended the only Swedish school for the deaf in Finland (in Porvoo, Swedish: Borgå), which was established in the mid-19th century by Carl Oscar Malm but closed in 1993.[3] Some 90 persons have it as their native language.[4] FinSSL is said to be a distinct language; however, "Finland-Swedish Deaf have few problems understanding Finnish signers".[5] There had been, moreover, continuous input from Swedish Sign Language over its history.

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A speaker of Finland-Swedish Sign Language, recorded in Finland

References

  1. [1]
    Finland-Swedish Sign Language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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    Finland-Swedish Sign Language at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013) Closed access icon
  3. [3]
    Jossfolk, Karl-Gustav (2017). "Carl Oskar Malm, en döv visionär" (PDF). SFV-kalendern 2017 (in Swedish). 131. Svenska folkskolans vänner. eISSN 2243-0261. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-07-23.
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    Westerlund, Elin (3 August 2018). "Det finlandssvenska teckenspråket är utrotningshotad". Hufvudstadsbladet (in Swedish). pp. 8–11. Archived from the original on 4 August 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  5. [5]
    Londen, Monica (2004). Communicational and educational choices for minorities within minorities: The case of the Finland-Swedish deaf (PDF). Helsinki University Press. ISBN 952-10-0812-1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.

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