Seraglio Sign Language

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Basic information of the sign language
Language name Seraglio Sign Language
Region Turkey


Contents

Language name

Seraglio Sign Language (Harem Sign Language)


Region

Turkey

Ottoman Empire (defunct)


Population of signers

defunct


Language family

Dialects

Linguistic characteristics

History

Related sign languages

Related spoken languages

Institutes, associations and universities

Dictionaries

Bibliography

Miles, M. 2000. Signing in the Seraglio: mutes, dwarfs & jestures at the Ottoman court 1500-1700. In : Disability & Society. 15: 115-34.

Mirzoeff, Nicholas. 1995. Framed: the deaf in the harem. In: Terry, Jennifer and Jacqueline Urla eds. Deviant bodies: critical perspectives on difference in science and popular culture. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press.49-77.


Researchers

History of sign language research

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Anatolia Seraglio Sign Language (Harem Sign Language) | Turkish Sign Language
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