A lexical comparison of Tajik Sign Language and Afghan Sign Language

Abstract

I explore the historical relationships of Tajik Sign Language and Afghan Sign Language, two understudied Central Asian languages. I conduct a phylogenetic network analysis of basic vocabulary from four Tajik Sign Language signers and Afghan Sign Language, as well as two foreign sign languages with which deaf Tajiks and Afghans have had contact, namely, Russian Sign Language in Tajikistan and American Sign Language in Afghanistan.

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Stony Brook, New York