Is there such a thing as “accent” in sign languages? Can people tell if someone is from the South, NY, etc by looking at how they use the sign language?
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There are definitely different sign languages in use in different countries and they’re not necessarily mutually intelligible.
Wikipedia also refers to something closer to regional accent:
Variations within a ‘national’ sign language can usually be correlated to the geographic location of (residential) schools for the deaf.
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Hmmm…that’s really interesting. I’d love to learn a sign language and ‘see’ the regional accent.
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