A Linguistic Big Bang
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Description: A journalist interviews some of the deaf Nicaraguan school children who use a new sign language they invented on their own. From the New York Times Magazine.
(October 24, 1999)
For the first time in history, scholars are witnessing the birth of a language — a complex sign system being created by deaf children in Nicaragua. At the Escuelita de Bluefields, 9-year-old Yuri Mejia signing the story of Babar: The young elephant is riding on his mother's back (left) when she is shot. He runs away (center) and then dissolves into tears (right).
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