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Originally Posted by shel90
Yea and I remember either I or another student brought up how ASL is foreign to the majority of the population in the US so therefore it should be considered foreign. That stopped the debate right there. We are talking about a language not about the people who use it.
Think about it...I was born deaf but didnt know ASL until 28 years old so all of my life, it was foreign to me. Then, there is my coworker who is a CODA whose first language is ASL so that means she is foreign? No..but instead of looking at the people, look at the language itself.
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That reminds me of a forum that I used to belong to that had mostly American Indians. Many of the traditional Indians still speak their nation's language and they're native too. So yes, their languages and ASL should be considered foreign languages despite the fact neither Deaf or NDNs (indians) came here from different countries.