Deaf kids in 1980s Nicaragua created a language from thin air
by Ellsworth Toohey from Boing Boing on (#76T5X)
In 1977, a special-education center opened in Managua with 50 deaf children. Enrollment reached 400 across two schools by 1983. Teachers drilled the students in spoken Spanish and lipreading, "with most pupils failing to grasp the concept of Spanish words," according to Wikipedia. - Read the rest
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