LSCam-EN Documentation of Extreme North Cameroon Sign Language and Cameroon Sign Language

This file contains annotations for the excerpts in Cameroon Sign Language in the interviews with Alim, Bouili and Dougdje. Language_Name: Extreme North Cameroon Sign Language Language_Region: Africa Language_Country: Cameroon Project_Status: On hold Year: 2012 Start_Date: 2012-11-01 End_Date: 2014-11-01 Sam is Deaf born in Kampala, Uganda. His first language is Kenyan sign Language and second Ugandan Sign Language. He studied in Kenya from infant school to technical school for the Deaf. During his school time, he learnt written English, some Swahili and Luganda. After competing his studies , he Studied a short course in Denmark for 7 months and learnt Danish Sign Language. when he returned ,he spearheaded a regional sign language training in East and Southern Africa e.g. Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. He knows American sign language too. Sam was also Co-author on the team which carried out research on the Ugandan Sign Language dictionary project from 2000 - 2006 when the dictionary was published. He started to learn indiegious sign language in the Extreme North Cameroon . He used Cameroon Sign Language as his daily communication with indiegous sign language users. Bouili is a Deaf old man. He was born in Maroua - Cameroon. He never attend school because his parents never had education in 1940s. He's fluent in Extreme North Cameroon sign Language. When he was a young boy, he could communicate with some deaf adults in the village and Moura. He acquired building skills from his friend and started to work as builder and also does laundary. He has a deaf wife, a hearing wife and four hearing children. Mamoudou is a Deaf old man. He was born in Daka-Tokombéré, Maroua - Cameroon. He was taught primary 4 class in a Primary school in Mora and later resigned due to poor communication with his fellow teachers and hearing children though he could lip-read Fulfudi. He's fluent in Extreme North Cameroon sign Language and can written French vocabulary . He acquired tailoring skills from his friend and after he started his tailoring business. He has two hearing wives and two hearing children.