Nicaragua Sign Language Developed in Thirty Years Ago

According to previous article about someone had said that ASL is not a foreign language, someone mentioned that people try make up to make ASL as a language and tried to change ASL to be different from English.  It reminded me about my experience in traveling to Nicaragua and had met people who from other countries.  I went there to spread gospel with other people who I had attended in church in past couple years ago.  I want share some points why I still believe ASL is a definitely foreign language.

When I was in Nicaragua, I met deaf people in there.  They were amazing people that has strength to go through a lot of discrimination and lack of education compared to here offer a lot of options education to help deaf people.  I have an article that I had read from people who had gone there to learn Nicaragua culture and people.  They had a research going on in there more than 30 years ago to learn if human has a capability to learn language on their own without support of the language.  They chose to use deaf children with lack of understanding of Spanish Language and ensure teachers and other older people do not contribute any other language to them.  They developed the language and nowadays deaf people in there use that language.  Before that time, they had no language or education.  They were treated like a trash or nothing.  That is far worse than what we have experienced in here nowadays.  I had talked to young and older deaf people in Nicaragua.  Older deaf people don't use many signs due to lack of the language in old time as younger one does.  They told me about their experience in their own country.  It almost made me cry and wanted help them real bad.  They are struggling to make meet ends to support families due to their deafness.  They has their own world like deaf people in here does have their own world.  I learned to use their language and had learned so little about Spanish language.  They are linked similar language but grammar and constructive still remain different between NSL and Spanish language that is much similar to English, ASL, and BSL.  I thought their language is real cool and unique.  At end, I figured that NSL is also a foreign language, too because it was developed by deaf children who has lack of language support.

I had talked to someone who was from French.  He showed his sign language in French, too.  It was quite complex and confusing.  I struggled to understand him but I used google translate to help me to learn and understand him.  It took a lot of patience to communicate with others who do not use ASL but their own sign language such FSL.  It applies to every country.

Here following articles that prove the research about language are:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjtioIFuNf8

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/07/2/l_072_04.html

http://www.columbia.edu/~as1038/L02-sign-language.html

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/04/25/60II/main188527.shtml

Further Research about Nicaragua Sign Language

http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&q=Nicaraqua+sign+language&aq=0sx&aqi=g-sx1g-o1&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&pbx=1&fp=9bef8cda26d1a6ec
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