User:Umnawahal/Inuit Sign Language

History
Inuit Sign Language's origins could be dated back to when the Inuit were living a nomadic lifestyle. They created the language to be more successful in hunting seasons. However, as more children were born deaf in the area, the language was revived and adapted to their needs. The earliest dated account of this language in use is Mallet (1930).Currently the language is dated to be spoken in Nunavut, Canada. As documented by Padden (1987) there were a range of 1000,000 to 500,000 main speakers that uses this language. In modern times, this language was adapted when children born with deafness became more frequent.

Status
after third sentence ";therefore, there is no formal alphabet for IUR".

In today's age, ASL (American Sign Language) is used more than IUR( Inuit Sign Language). Because of this, IUR is an endangered language. However there are multiple parts as to why this is. The first thing is how modern deaf children who reside in Canada don't use IUR as their first language. Another is how only two deaf adults (as of documentation) use IUR to communicate. Last but not least, deaf Inuits who resides in southern Canada have trouble communicating with their parents due to them only knowing Inuktitut rather than something like ASL.

Varieties
 Morphology 

There are four types of methods for expressing the plural in noun morphology.

First, sign language near the body (body-anchored sign) has the same expression of plural and singular. It is possible to grasp the meaning in the context. However, arctic char, a type of fish, allows repetition as one exception.

Second, the complex sign that occurs in the neutral signing zone uses circular, alternating, and repetition to express the plural.

Third, the simple sign that occurs in the neutral signaling zone is divided into two-handed sign language on the medial sagittal plane and one-handed sign language on the side. Two-handed sign language is also divided into a balanced sign and an unbalanced sign. The balanced sign has the same position, shape, and movement of both hands. An unbalanced sign is when the movement of one hand is more dominant. The balanced sign uses zero plural markings, making it singular, and the plural has the same form, so the unbalanced sign is allowed to repeat.

Fourth, it is known that one-handed sign language uses repetition, but further studies are needed.

Personal names are communicated by signing the first letter of the written name while mouthing the name as well. The alphabet used to sign letters is derived from ASL.

Grammar
So far, there have been 33 recognized phonetic hand shapes.

One type of sign is a monomorphemic sign-usually consisting of one significant point of articulation and one or other movement.