OLAC resources in and about the Jamaican Country Sign Language

ISO 639-3: jcs

The combined catalog of all OLAC participants contains the following resources that are relevant to this language:

• Primary texts
• Language descriptions
• Other resources about the language

Other known names and dialect names: Country Sign, Konchri Sain

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Primary texts

1. Jamaican Country Sign Language Variety Text 07. Parks, Elizabeth (researcher); Parks, Jason (researcher); Epley, Christina (researcher). 2009. SIL International. oai:sil.org:47319

Language descriptions

1. ONLINEGlottolog 5.2 Resources for Jamaican Country Sign Language. n.a. 2025. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:glottolog.org:jama1256

Other resources about the language

1. ONLINEKonchri Sain: a language of Jamaica. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:jcs
2. ONLINELINGUIST List Resources for Jamaican Country Sign Language. Damir Cavar, eLinguistics Foundation Board Member (editor); Malgorzata E. Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor). 2022-05-31. The LINGUIST List (www.linguistlist.org). oai:linguistlist.org:lang_jcs
3. ONLINEA Sociolinguistic Profile of the Jamaican Deaf Community. Parks, Elizabeth; Parks, Jason; Epley, Christina. 2011. SIL International. oai:sil.org:41624

Other known names and dialect names: Country Sign, Konchri Sain

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