Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
Russian sign language, LDS terms, glossary, Mormon studies
College
Humanities
Department
German and Russian
Abstract
There are over ten missions in the Church among Russian speakers. The largest group is in Kiev, where the first deaf branch in the former Soviet Union was formed. There are around sixty deaf members there. Since many words used commonly in the Church are not used commonly outside of it, deaf people have had to make up their own signs for these new words. Many words have no signs and are spelled. Several similarly written, but different-meaning words are given the same sign. This results from members in isolated cities not thinking up the same signs.
Recommended Citation
Boyce, Nathan and Wakeland, Dr. Christopher
(2014)
"Russian Sign Language Glossary of LDS terms,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2014:
Iss.
1, Article 652.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2014/iss1/652