Mardin Sign | |
States: | Turkey |
Region: | Mardin |
Speakers: | 40 |
Date: | 2012 |
Ref: | e25 |
Familycolor: | sign |
Family: | family sign language isolate |
Iso3: | dsz |
Glotto: | mard1245 |
Glottorefname: | Mardin Sign Language |
Mardin Sign Language is a family sign language of Turkey. It was originally spoken in the town of Mardin, dating back at least five generations in a single extended family. All speakers now live in Izmir or Istanbul, and the younger generation has shifted to Turkish Sign Language.