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In 1885, it was estimated that there were over 110,000 “sign-talking Indians”, including Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Sioux, Kiowa and Arapaho. By the 1960s, there remained a “very small percentage of this number”. There are few PISL signers alive today.<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=3747686 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr>
In 1885, it was estimated that there were over 110,000 “sign-talking Indians”, including Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Sioux, Kiowa and Arapaho. By the 1960s, there remained a “very small percentage of this number”. There are few PISL signers alive today.<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=3747686 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr>
         <tr><td><h2>Location of Plains Indian Sign Language Speakers</h2>
         <tr><td><h2>Location of Plains Indian Sign Language Speakers</h2>
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         <tr><td><h2>Rosetta Document Collection</h2>
         <tr><td><h2>Rosetta Document Collection</h2>

Latest revision as of 21:36, 12 August 2009

Also Known As: Plains Sigh Language,Plains Sign Language


Description:

  Plains Indian Sign Language (PISL) is a sign language formerly used as an auxiliary interlanguage between Native Americans of the Great Plains of the United States of America and Canada.

In 1885, it was estimated that there were over 110,000 “sign-talking Indians”, including Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Sioux, Kiowa and Arapaho. By the 1960s, there remained a “very small percentage of this number”. There are few PISL signers alive today...... full article at Wikipedia

Location of Plains Indian Sign Language Speakers

http://llmap.org/languages/psd/static_map.png?width=400&height=300&kilroywashere=.png

Rosetta Document Collection

Vernacular Text:
1(download)(browse)

Overview

Main Country: United States
Spoken In:

Regions: Americas

ISO 639-3 Code: psd

Classification Taxonomy

All Languages

  Sign language Group

    Plains Indian Sign Language