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Martha's Vineyard Sign Language

Martha's Vineyard Sign Language proper noun: a sign language, now extinct, which developed on Martha's Vineyard (an island in Massachusetts).

Proper noun

Martha's Vineyard Sign Language

  1. A sign language, now extinct, which developed on Martha's Vineyard (an island in Massachusetts).
    • LeZotte also gives readers a sense of M.V.S.L. (Martha's Vineyard Sign Language), used by the islanders through the mid-1900s but never fully documented, by combining "home signs" she used as a child with variations of American Sign Language.2020 April 27, Meg Medina, “A Deaf Girl Finds Her Voice on Martha's Vineyard in the 19th Century”, in The New York Times Book Review, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC...

Questions about Martha's Vineyard Sign Language

What does Martha's Vineyard Sign Language mean?
Martha's Vineyard Sign Language means a sign language, now extinct, which developed on Martha's Vineyard (an island in Massachusetts).
What part of speech is Martha's Vineyard Sign Language?
Martha's Vineyard Sign Language is a proper noun.

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