No evidence of a fingerspelling system in KQSL

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No evidence of a fingerspelling system in KQSL

Marah Jaraisy, Wed, 2022-06-01 09:09
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ISO 639-3: 
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Thus far, there appears to be no fingerspelling system in KQSL, and members of the community use the ISL fingerspelling if needed. 
This is not surprising, as most if not all members of the first generation did not attend school, and therefore had no access to written language(s). 

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We will incorporate We will incorporate a summary of this information on Kufr Qassem Sign Language [sqx] into the Ethnologue database, to be included in the next edition of the Ethnologue.

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Chuck Fennig, Fri, 2022-06-24 10:57

Dear Marah,

Albert Bickford has made the necessary changes in the Ethnologue database for KQSL [sqx]. These changes will be included in the next edition of the Ethnologue (26th) in 2013.

Best regards,

Charles Fennig
Managing Editor, Ethnologue

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