Martha's Vineyard Sign Language

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	sign language
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:MVSL
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:documentedIn	gptkb:Everyone_Here_Spoke_Sign_Language_(book) gptkb:Nora_Groce
gptkbp:extinct	1952
gptkbp:feature	used in schools high incidence of hereditary deafness intergenerational transmission bilingual community (spoken English and sign language) used in churches used in daily communication used in government meetings used in public life
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Martha's Vineyard Sign Language
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:American_Sign_Language
gptkbp:ISO639-3	none
gptkbp:languageFamily	village sign language
gptkbp:lastKnownUsers	mid-20th century
gptkbp:notableFor	widespread use by both deaf and hearing people
gptkbp:notableTown	gptkb:Chilmark gptkb:West_Tisbury gptkb:Tisbury
gptkbp:originatedIn	early 18th century
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Kent_Sign_Language
gptkbp:replacedBy	gptkb:American_Sign_Language
gptkbp:spokenIn	gptkb:Martha's_Vineyard gptkb:Massachusetts
gptkbp:status	extinct
gptkbp:usedBy	deaf and hearing residents of Martha's Vineyard
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:American_Sign_Language
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5