Yoruba Sign Language

Ɗemngal maandeeji Yoruba (YSL) ko ɗemngal maandeeji ɓiyleydaagu renndo muumɓe e nder renndooji kaaloowo Yoruba to fuɗnaange-rewo Naajeeriya.

Yoruba ɓuuɓɗo ina ɗaɓɓi geɗe keewɗe so ina haalda, ko ɗuum addanta jokkondiral seeɗa hakkunde muumɓe e nanooɓe. Muumɓe e nder renndooji tokoosi Yoruba ina kuutoroo ngalɗoo maande ngam wonde damal maande galle. E nder renndooji ɓurɗi mawnude, ɗo muumɓe keewi, ɗemngal maande renndo ƴellitiima. Laaɓaani no foti laabi ɗum waɗi; ɗemngal maandeeji Yoruba sifotoongal e nder binndi ɗii, ko rewɓe 32 haali ɗum e nder wuro Akurẹ. (Worɓe muumɓe ina mbaɗa renndo ceertungo, hay so tawii won heen ina resnda rewɓe e nder renndo muumɓe rewɓe. Anndaaka hannde no maande maɓɓe nanndirta e maande rewɓe ɓee).

Ɗemngal maandeeji Yoruba ina hawra e geɗe Yoruba keewɗe ko wayi no maandeeji (konnguɗi), kam e hunduko kelme Yoruba keewɗe. Ndee ɗemngal nokkuure jokkondirtaa e ɗemngal maandeeji Najeriya, ngal tuugnii ko e ɗemngal maandeeji Amerik. Maande "local" ina hiisee wonde ina famɗi e ɗemngal maandeeji Nijeer/Amerik, haa teeŋti noon e nder maandeeji ɗemɗe ɗiɗi, kono noon ina tiiɗi ; semmbe maggal ina sikkaa ina jokkondiri e tuugnorgal maggal e nder pinal Yoruba.Ọlanikẹ Ọla Orie (2013) "From Conventional Gestures to Sign Language: The Case of Yoruba Sign Language".  In Orie & Sanders (eds), Selected Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Conference on African Linguistics: Linguistic Interfaces in African Languages.  Somerville, MA:  Cascadilla Proceedings Project