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Nicaraguan Sign Language

Nicaraguan Sign Language proper noun: a sign language of Nicaragua.

Proper noun

Nicaraguan Sign Language

  1. A sign language of Nicaragua.
    • Smaller-scale isolated deaf-education programs had existed previously in 20th-century Nicaragua, Shepard-Kegl says, but the critical mass needed to spontaneously develop Nicaraguan Sign Language only occurred with the opening of Melania Morales.2018 July 13, Shoshi Parks, “How Deaf Children in Nicaragua Created a New Language”, in Atlas Obscura, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2025
    Synonyms:
    NSL

Synonyms of Nicaraguan Sign Language

Questions about Nicaraguan Sign Language

What does Nicaraguan Sign Language mean?
Nicaraguan Sign Language means a sign language of Nicaragua.
What part of speech is Nicaraguan Sign Language?
Nicaraguan Sign Language is a proper noun.

Words near Nicaraguan Sign Language in the dictionary

  1. Nicar.
  2. Nicaragua
  3. Nicaragua wood
  4. Nicaraguan
  5. Nicaraguan Revolution
  6. Nicaraguan Sign Language
  7. Nicaraguanness
  8. Nicaraguans
  9. Nicarao
  10. nicaraven
  11. nicarbazin

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