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Feb 2024
17m 47s

El nacimiento de una lengua

SMALL TOWN SPANISH TEACHER
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Sign Language is a beautiful form of communication. For many years, the Deaf community was denied education, in large part because of Aristotle. Thankfully, many people recognized the ability of deaf people to communicate using signs. Sign Language became documented and standardized. However, due to dictatorship and revolution, in 1980s Nicaragua, sign langu ... Show More
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