THE AFRIKAANS TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE FOR THE DEAF

  • Bernard Combrink Stellenbosch University

Résumé

The mother tongue of the cultural deaf, that is people who were born deaf, is sign language.  Being born deaf involves a severe linguistic handicap.  So far, only an English translation for the deaf has been published in the USA in 1992.  Although the Afrikaans deaf community requested a written and a visual translation, work started in 1997 on the written translation of the Bible in Afrikaans for the deaf (ABD).  ...

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Biographie de l'auteur-e

Bernard Combrink, Stellenbosch University
Old and New Testament
Publié-e
2018-11-13
Rubrique
General Articles