Old Kentish Sign Language

Harshen Kurame na Tsohon Kentish (OKSL, wanda kuma shine Harshen Kurame na Tsohon Kent) yare ne na kurame na ƙauye na Kent na ƙarni na 17 a Burtaniya, wanda aka haɗa shi tare da sauran harsunan kurame na ƙauye cikin Harshen Kurame na Burtaniya .

A cewar Peter Webster Jackson (2001), OKSL wataƙila ita ce harshen da wani yaro kurma ya yi amfani da shi wanda marubucin Birtaniya na ƙarni na 17 Samuel Pepys ya bayyana a cikin Littafinsa na Diary.  Pepys yana cin abinci tare da abokinsa Sir George Downing a ranar 9 ga Nuwamba, 1666, lokacin da ma'aikacin kurma ya yi hira da ubangidansa da harshen kurame, wanda ya haɗa da labarin Babban Gobarar Landan . Downing ya je makaranta kusa da Maidstone a Kent, inda yake zaune a cikin al'umma inda kurame na haihuwa ya yaɗu. Wannan al'umma tana goyon bayan harshen kurame wanda mutane da yawa masu ji da kurame suka san shi.  [ <span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (July 2018)">shafi<span typeof="mw:Entity">&nbsp;</span>ana buƙata</span> ]

Yayin da mazauna al'ummomin Martha's Vineyard na Tisbury da Chilmark a Massachusetts suka yi ƙaura daga Kentish Weald, Nora Groce (1985) ta yi hasashen cewa OKSL na iya zama asalin Harshen Alamar Vineyard na Martha, wanda, bi da bi, ɗaya ne daga cikin magabatan Harshen Alamar Amurka (ASL).  [ shafi Ana buƙatar ] Wasu sun yi gargaɗi game da karɓar wannan ikirari ba tare da suka ba, "saboda babu wani kurma da ya kasance ɓangare na ƙaura ta asali daga Kent, kuma babu wani abu da aka sani game da takamaiman nau'in sa hannu da aka yi amfani da shi a Kent." 

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