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Phaàn giôùi-thieäu

Population 87,000 to 100,000 mainly monolingual users (1986 T.C. Smith-Stark), out of 1,300,000 deaf persons in Mexico (1986 Gallaudet University). Region Used throughout Mexico, except in some American Indian areas (see Yucatec Maya Sign Language): Mexico D.F. Guadalajara, Monterrey, Hermosillo, Morelia, Veracruz, Oaxaca, San Luis Potos�, Quer�taro, Puebla, Cuernavaca, Torre�n, Saltillo, Toluca. Alternate names EL LENGUAJE MEXICANO DE LAS MANOS, EL LENGUAJE MANUAL DE M�XICO, LA LENGUA MANUAL MEXICANA, EL LENGUAJE DE SE�AS MEXICANAS Classification Deaf sign language. Comments Influence from French Sign Language. Users of ASL have 14% intelligibility of MSL. Preliminary investigation indicates lexical similarities from 85% to 100% among regional dialects; nearly all above 90% (A. Bickford SIL 1989). Most deaf schools use the oralist method, but some use signs. At least 3 deaf churches in Mexico City, 3 in Guadalajara. 19 schools for the deaf in Saltillo, Torre�n, Guadalajara (3), Mexico City (6), Morelia, Cuernavaca, Monterrey, Ciudad Obreg�n, Hermosillo, Villahermosa, Matamoros, Veracruz; athletic clubs, craft schools, rehabilitation institutions. It does not follow Spanish grammar. The deaf are called 'sordos, sordomudos, los silentes.' Dictionary.