Ulwimi Lwezandla lwaseMelika luye lwajikeleza ixesha elide. Kodwa ngubani owayiqulunqa okanye yaba njani?
Oko sikubiza ngoLwimi lwezandla lwaseMerika ngokwenene luqalile kwiYurophu. Kwakhona kwaziwa ukuba ngekhulu le-18, utitshala wezithulu wase-Abbe de l'Epee waseFransi wavelisa uhlobo lwangaphambili lweelwimi olunegalelo kwiLwimi Lwezandla LwaseMerika. I-Abbe de l'Epee ivelise inkqubo yeFrench yesiFrentshi efana nesigqibo sokusayinwa isiNgesi esicacileyo.
I-Community Signing Community
Nangona kunjalo, bekusekhona ummandla waseFrentshi osayina phambi kwe-Abbe de l'Epee. Oku kwabhalwa ngumbhali oyisithulu uPetro Desloges. Udumo lwakhe lubhala kwincwadi yakhe ye-1779 Ukubonwa kwesisithulu-Isilumko sokuba u-de-Eppee wayefunde ulwimi lwezandla lwesiFrentshi kubantu abazizithulu baseFransi. Kubonakala ukuba iminyaka, inqubo yenkcazo kunye nenkqubo "yokunyaniseka" yokusayina ikhona, kunye nencwadana mhlawumbi isetyenziselwa eklasini kunye nenkqubo "yinyani" ngaphandle kweklasi.
Ukutyikitya kweMidiya kaMdiliya
Incwadi kaNora Ellen Groce, ethi " Wonke umntu LwaseLwimi Lwezandla LwaseSpoke ," ulandelelanisa imvelaphi yoLwimi lwezandla lweMvini lwaseMartin (MVSL), ulwimi lokuqala lwezandla elisetyenziselwa kwisiqithi saseMarta iVineyard esemdeni waseMassachusetts Kwekhulu le-17. Wabuyela emva kweMVSL kwiKent Kent kwimzantsi yeNgilani. I-Groce itholakala kwi "Diary's Diary's Diary" yelwimi lwezandla elisetyenziswe kwiKentish "weald" (indawo yehlathi).
Abemi baseViniya babiza uphawu lwabo "ulwimi lwezandla lwe-Chilmark" emva kwedolophana yaseChilmark apho kwakukho isisithulu esincinci sezithulu.
I-MVSL inokuba nefuthe elithile ekuphuhlisweni kolwimi lwezandla lwaseMerika xa abanye abantwana abayizithulu bevela kuMdiliya WaseMartin baqala ukuya kwiSikolo saseMerika seZiThulu eHartford, Connecticut.
Ukongezelela, njengabantwana abazizithulu belizwe lonke beya esikolweni, mhlawumbi bazise "iimpawu" zokuzenza. Ngokuhamba kwexesha, le miqondiso mhlawumbi idibaniswe nolunye ulwimi lwezandla elisetyenzisiweyo esikolweni (kubandakanywa isiNgesi) kwaye luqhutywe kwinto eyaziwa njenge-ASL.
ULwimi lwezandla Imithombo yamandulo
Iphephabhuku loLwimi lweZandla zoLwimi oluvela kwi-University of Gallaudet Press lishicilele amanqaku malunga nembali yolwimi lwezandla. Ngokomzekelo, inqaku elithi "Isifundo soLwimi lwezandla lwezandla kwiFransi ye-18 yeFransi," sasisetyenzisweni zoLwimi lweZandla , uMqulu 2, iNdaba 4, 2002.
Ukungena kwiiManye amazwe
Ulwimi lwezandla lwelizwe lonke luneembali. Imbali ivame ukufana nokuphuhliswa kwe-ASL. Ngokomzekelo, ulwimi lwezandla lwaseNicaragua lwaphuhliswa xa isikolo sokuqala saseNicaragua sivulekile.
Imithombo
UVan Cleve, uJohn V., ed. I-Gallaudet Encyclopedia yabantu abaziThulu kunye nabangenangxaki. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1987.
Groce, Nora E. Wonke umntu Lapha Ulwimi lwezandla lweSpoke: Iintlanzi ezingenanto kwiMartines. IHarvard University Press, ngo-1988.