Al-Sayyid Bedouin sign language</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Al-Sayyid Bedouin sign language"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Al-Sayyid,Bedouin,sign,language"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">07-02-2005</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Al-Sayyid Bedouin sign language</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/img_news/img_eslWa9ZLnp6CRPLDsZ6d_0.jpeg" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="5" ><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Haifa, Israel (University of Wisconsin): Further to the many reports on Al-Sayyid Bedouin sign language (ABSL) as an example of an emerging language with a “primeval” structure, David Tenenbaum, a researcher at the University of Wisconsin has pointed out that sign languages have been invented dozens of times around the world over the past century. One appeared on the island of Matha’s Vineyard more than 100 years ago, for example, but it was never studied. <br>ABSL stands out from other emerging languages because it arose in a stable community and is apparently not a blend of older languages. Thus it is presumably a better example of how language was first invented, and a fascinating window into the human brain, the source of all language. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://whyfiles.org/shorties/170lang_develop/ " target="blank">whyfiles.org/shorties/170lang_develop/ </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show