martha's vineyard sign language
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English
42
Scrabble Score
27
Letters
3
Syllables
15
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A sign language, now extinct, which developed on Martha's Vineyard (an island in Massachusetts).
Example Sentences
- "LeZotte also gives readers a sense of M.V.S.L. (Martha's Vineyard Sign Language), used by the islanders through the mid-1900s but never fully documented, by combining "home signs" she used as a child with variations of American Sign Language."