Inuit Sign Language
Inuit Uukturausingit; IUR
Sign Language; North American
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"Less than 40 deaf native signers." "The incidence of deafness among the Inuit in Nunavut is estimated to be 0.6%."
2015
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Canada
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"The Department of CLEY funded a project to develop materials for teaching and training of IUR, and is organising support services for deaf and hearing-impaired individuals."
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"For about 47 deaf signers [Inuit Sign Language, or IUR] is the sole means of communication, but these people live in separate communities spread across the immense area. It is difficult to give an estimate of the number of hearing signers, especially since it differs from community to community. I estimate that there are at least two hearing signers to each deaf signer, who have learned IUR because they are in close contact with a deaf IUR signer."
2012
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Canada
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"It is possible that IUR is used among deaf people in other regions as well, but the focus of my research has been on Nunavut."
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"It is possible that IUR is used among deaf people in other regions as well, but the focus of my research has been on Nunavut."
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"About two-thirds of the deaf Inuit use American Sign Language (ASL) or Manually Coded English (MCE), while the remaining one-third use IUR. Also, a few deaf Inuit are bilingual in ASL and IUR... IUR is only used as a primary language by those deaf individuals who have not been to school, or only attended school for a short period."
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2010
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Nunavut, Canada
62.8, -92.083; 64.32, -96.02; 69.53, -93.53
This research in Rankin Inlet (62°48N, 92°05W), Baker Lake (64°19N, 96°01W) and Taloyoak (69°32N, 93°32W)
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This research in Rankin Inlet (62°48N, 92°05W), Baker Lake (64°19N, 96°01W) and Taloyoak (69°32N, 93°32W)
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- Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
- "Typological aspects of Inuit Sign Language (Canada)" HRELP AbstractSchuit, Joke. 2010. ""Typological Aspects of Inuit Sign Language (Canada)" HRELP Abstract." Online: http://www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=206.http://www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=206
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