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{{Short description|Deaf sign language of Malta}} |
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|name=Maltese Sign Language |
|name=Maltese Sign Language |
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|states=[[Malta]] |
|states=[[Malta]] |
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|speakers= |
|speakers= 200 |
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|date=2014 |
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|familycolor = sign language |
|familycolor = sign language |
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|family=[[Language isolate]] |
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|iso3=mdl |
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|glotto=malt1238 |
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[[File:WIKITONGUES- Loran signing Maltese Sign Language.webm|thumb|A Maltese Sign Language user, recorded in [[Malta]].]] |
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'''Maltese Sign Language''' ( |
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| ⚫ | '''Maltese Sign Language''' ({{lang-mt|Lingwa tas-Sinjali Maltija}}, '''LSM''') is a young [[sign language]] of [[Malta]].<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RyVTDwAAQBAJ |title = The languages of Malta|isbn = 9783961100705|last1 = Gatt|first1 = Albert|year = 2018}}</ref> It developed into its modern form c. 1980 with the establishment of the first deaf club in Malta and subsequently with its use in education for the deaf. LSM's prior history is unrecorded, though there are some signs which indicate contact with [[British Sign Language]] (Malta was [[Crown Colony of Malta|a British colony]] until 1964). These signs are relatively few, however, and LSM is not part of the [[BANZSL|BSL family]]. |
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Maria Galea has described the use of [[SignWriting]] when used to write Maltese Sign Language.<ref name="GaleaLinguistic">{{cite book |
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| ⚫ | |title=SignWriting (SW) of Maltese Sign Language (LSM) and its development into an orthography: Linguistic considerations |
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|year=2014 |
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|type=Ph.D. dissertation |
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|publisher=University of Malta |
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|location=Malta |
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|url=https://www.academia.edu/10451785 |
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|access-date=4 February 2015}}</ref> |
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The Maltese [[Public broadcasting|public broadcaster]] [[Public Broadcasting Services|PBS Ltd.]] began airing a nightly newscast in LSM on its [[TVM2]] network in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Vella|first1=Matthew|title=PBS takes Education 22 in cultural revamp of station|url=http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/16556/pbs-takes-education-22-in-cultural-revamp-of-station-20120305|access-date=23 February 2016|work=MaltaToday|date=5 March 2012}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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*Marie Azzopardi-Alexander, "Iconicity and the development of Maltese Sign Language", in Fabri, ed., ''Maltese Linguistics: A Snapshot'', 2009 |
*Marie Azzopardi-Alexander, "Iconicity and the development of Maltese Sign Language", in Fabri, ed., ''Maltese Linguistics: A Snapshot'', 2009 |
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| Maltese Sign Language | |
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| Native to | Malta |
Native speakers | 200 (2014)[1] |
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| ISO 639-3 | mdl |
| Glottolog | malt1238 |
Maltese Sign Language (Maltese: Lingwa tas-Sinjali Maltija, LSM) is a young sign languageofMalta.[2] It developed into its modern form c. 1980 with the establishment of the first deaf club in Malta and subsequently with its use in education for the deaf. LSM's prior history is unrecorded, though there are some signs which indicate contact with British Sign Language (Malta was a British colony until 1964). These signs are relatively few, however, and LSM is not part of the BSL family.
Maria Galea has described the use of SignWriting when used to write Maltese Sign Language.[3]
The Maltese public broadcaster PBS Ltd. began airing a nightly newscast in LSM on its TVM2 network in 2012.[4]
