Línguas indígenas de sinais: em busca de fontes de estudo

Abstract

This research about “indigenous sign languages: in search of study” sources has as its main objective to verify to what extent Libras has been brought to indigenous communities and to what degree it overlaps with other indigenous sign languages in Brazil. For this purpose, this study aims to carry out a bibliographic review of the works already published on this topic, in order to understand the linguistic policies that are being implemented to enhance indigenous sign languages. For this, we rely on previous works that carried out mappings of the sign languages found in indigenous communities in general (Vilhalva, 2012) and specifically in the Indigenous Sign Language - LIS Terena (Sumaio, 2018) and Sign Language Kaa'por (Godoy, 2020). The survey seeks to answer the questions: In which indigenous communities is the Brazilian Sign Language (Libras) being used? Where does Libras compete with indigenous sign languages? We seek to map these uses in order to provide concrete elements for proposing language policies in this area. Keywords: Deaf Indians, Indigenous Sign Languages,