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Dominican Sign Language

A language of Dominican Republic

ISO 639-3doq

Population  No estimate available.
Dialects  Lexical similarity: 85%–90% with ASL [ase], and uses most of the features of ASL, such as absent referent and reduplication.
Classification  Deaf sign language
Language use  Many are not fluent or use home sign.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

PARKS, Elizabeth, author; PARKS, Jason, editor. 2011. Americas Area Sign Language Survey Report Video Summaries in American Sign Language.

PARKS, Elizabeth, author; PARKS, Jason, editor. 2012. Americas Area Sign Language Survey Report Video Summaries in American Sign Language - Dominican Republic.

PARKS, Elizabeth; PARKS, Jason, authors. 2010. Investigating sign language variation through intelligibility testing: The recorded text test retelling method.  Available online

PARKS, Elizabeth; PARKS, Jason, researchers. 2010. Dominican Sign Language Variety Recorded Text Test (USA Text 01) Response 09.

PARKS, Elizabeth; PARKS, Jason, researchers. 2010. Dominican Sign Language Variety Recorded Text Test (USA Text 01) Response 10.

PARKS, Elizabeth; PARKS, Jason, researchers. 2010. Dominican Sign Language Variety Text 03.

PARKS, Elizabeth; PARKS, Jason, researchers. 2010. Dominican Sign Language Variety Wordlist 01.

PARKS, Elizabeth; PARKS, Jason, researchers. 2010. Dominican Sign Language Variety Wordlist 02.

PARKS, Elizabeth; PARKS, Jason, researchers. 2010. Dominican Sign Language Variety Wordlist 08.

PARKS, Elizabeth; PARKS, Jason; WILLIAMS, Holly, authors. 2010. Sign language use in Jamaica and the Dominican Republic Power Point Presentation.  Available online

PARKS, Elizabeth; PARKS, Jason; WILLIAMS, Holly, authors. 2011. Sign Language Use in the Jamaican and Dominican Republic Deaf Communities.  Available online

PARKS, Elizabeth; PARKS, Jason; WILLIAMS, Holly, researchers. 2010. Dominican Sign Language Variety Recorded Text Test (USA Text 01) Response 01.

PARKS, Elizabeth; PARKS, Jason; WILLIAMS, Holly, researchers. 2010. Dominican Sign Language Variety Recorded Text Test (USA Text 01) Response 04.

PARKS, Elizabeth; PARKS, Jason; WILLIAMS, Holly, researchers. 2010. Dominican Sign Language Variety Recorded Text Test (USA Text 01) Response 06.

PARKS, Elizabeth; PARKS, Jason; WILLIAMS, Holly, researchers. 2010. Dominican Sign Language Variety Recorded Text Test (USA Text 01) Response 11.

PARKS, Elizabeth; PARKS, Jason; WILLIAMS, Holly, researchers. 2010. Dominican Sign Language Variety Text 02.

PARKS, Elizabeth; PARKS, Jason; WILLIAMS, Holly, researchers. 2010. Dominican Sign Language Variety Wordlist 04.

PARKS, Elizabeth; PARKS, Jason; WILLIAMS, Holly, researchers. 2010. Dominican Sign Language Variety Wordlist 05.

PARKS, Elizabeth; PARKS, Jason; WILLIAMS, Holly, researchers. 2010. Dominican Sign Language Variety Wordlist 10.

PARKS, Elizabeth; WILLIAMS, Holly, authors. 2010. "A sociolinguistic survey report of the Dominican Republic deaf community."  Available online

PARKS, Elizabeth; WILLIAMS, Holly, researchers. 2010. Dominican Sign Language Variety Wordlist 06.

PARKS, Jason; WILLIAMS, Holly, researchers. 2010. Dominican Sign Language Variety Recorded Text Test (USA Text 01) Response 08.

PARKS, Jason; WILLIAMS, Holly, researchers. 2010. Dominican Sign Language Variety Wordlist 03.

PARKS, Jason; WILLIAMS, Holly, researchers. 2010. Dominican Sign Language Variety Wordlist 09.

WILLIAMS, Holly, author. 2009. Sociolinguistic Situation of the Dominican Republic Deaf Community.  Available online