Qahveh Khaneh Sign Language Explained

Qahveh Khaneh Sign Language
States:Iran
Region:Tehran
Speakers:(moribund)
Familycolor:Sign
Family:deaf-community sign language
Iso3:none
Glotto:qahv1234
Glottorefname:Qahvehkhaneh Sign Language

Qahveh Khaneh Sign Language, literally Coffee House Sign Language, is a deaf sign language of a few elderly members of the deaf community in Tehran. It has been in use since 1900 or earlier. It is unknown if it is related to Iranian Sign Language; it is possible that it descends from an ancestral form of Iranian Sign Language, dating to before that language was standardized.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Erik Anonby, Mortaza Taheri-Ardali & Amos Hayes (2019) The Atlas of the Languages of Iran (ALI). Iranian Studies 52. A Working Classification