A new language invented by a group of uneducated deaf Nicaraguan children brought together in the 1980s.
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- SignWriting in Nicaragua Covers the written representation of the signed language, the spread of literacy, and first-person reports from those teaching deaf children to read and write their native signed language.
- A Linguistic Big Bang A journalist interviews some of the deaf Nicaraguan school children who use a new sign language they invented on their own. From the New York Times Magazine.
- Gallaudet University Press News Includes an article about the development of NSL.
- Evolution: Birth of a Language Background information focusing on the emergence of language, and a video from the PBS show.
- A Language at Its Genesis Article on the birth of Nicaraguan Sign Language, and researcher Judy Kegl's work to document the process.
- Children's Contribution to the Birth of Nicaraguan Sign Language Abstract of PhD thesis by Ann Senghas.
- Birth Of A Language Article and video from "60 Minutes" about the development of the language.