Trinidad and Tobago Sign Language
| Trinidad and Tobago Sign Language (TTSL) | |
|---|---|
| Trinidadian Sign Language (TSL) | |
| Native to | Trinidad and Tobago |
Native speakers | 2,000 (2008)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lst |
| Glottolog | trin1277 |
| ELP | Trinidad and Tobago Sign Language |
Trinidad and Tobago Sign Language (TTSL), sometimes called Trinidadian or Trinbago Sign Language (TSL) is the indigenous
Oralist approaches.[2] A mixture of TTSL and ASL is used in Deaf associations, with TTSL being used more heavily in informal situations. The younger generation does not know the language well, as they only learn ASL in school, but teachers are starting to switch over to TTSL.[3]
Many people in Trinidad and Tobago use the name Trinidad and Tobago Sign Language to refer to any variety of signing in the islands, which includes a range of signing varieties from TTSL to ASL and various blended versions in-between. Others make a distinction between ASL (or TTASL) and TTSL.[1]
References
- ^ a b Trinidad and Tobago Sign Language (TTSL) at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)
- ISSN 2221-7886.
- ^ Parks, Elizabeth. "Request for Change to ISO 639-3 Language Code" (PDF).
