SIGN LANGUAGE WORK - World Federation of the Deaf

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THE FINNISH ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF • Colin Allen (2008: 22) Global Survey Draft Report, WFD Interim Regional Secretariat for Western and Central Africa • Common areas of concern: --- Sign Language • Government does not recognise the sign language. • Standardised sign language.
THE FINNISH ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF • Unification – Standardization • see WFD POLICY_ WFD Statement on the Unification of Sign Languages ) • WFD opposes all attempts to unify several sign languages to a single sign language • WFD also opposes purification of the language from outside the community – it is a natural process that languages change over time and that new signs gets adopted into the languages • “The control of the development of any Sign Language must be left to any social group where the particular Sign Language is exercised.”
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