TO DATE, NO COMPARISON of the sign languages of Denmark and Iceland has been made, despite anecdotal reports of lexical similarity in the literature.1 Before 1867 deaf children born in Iceland were sent to Denmark to be educated - this practice, together with the strong cultural, historical, and political ties between the countries and the close association between the Deaf communities, suggests pronounced linguistic contact and perhaps a high degree of linguistic similarity. However, while Danish Sign Language (DSL) might have had a considerable past influence over the variety used in ...

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