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Subclassification references

• Woll, Bencie and Sutton-Spence, R. and Elton, F. 2001
• Woodward, Jr., James C. 1975
• Marius Rock Titus 1994
• Sanogo, Yédê Adama 2012
• Fox Tree, Erich and Monica Rodriguez 2016
• Ulrike Zeshan and Sibaji Panda 2015
• Nobutaka Kamei and Evouna Etoundi Henri 2008
• Christina Epley and Parks, Elizabeth 2013
• Supalla, Ted and Patricia Clark 2015

Comments on subclassification

The provence of American Sign Language is detailed in the study by Supalla, Ted and Patricia Clark (2015) (further, see, e.g., Woll, Bencie and Sutton-Spence, R. and Elton, F. 2001: 23 ). The inclusion of Burundi Sign Language as an American Sign Language dialect is suggested by Marius Rock Titus (1994): 801 and possibly what Ulrike Zeshan and Sibaji Panda (2015): 99 mean by “arisen under strong influence from American Sign Language (ASL)”. Belize Sign Language is also a variety of American Sign Language ( Christina Epley and Parks, Elizabeth 2013 , Fox Tree, Erich and Monica Rodriguez 2016: 793 ). Langue des Signes d'Afrique Francophone (LSAF) in Cameroon is American Sign Language with French and local influences ( Nobutaka Kamei and Evouna Etoundi Henri 2008 ). Similarly, Langue des Signes d'Afrique Francophone (LSAF) in Cote d'Ivoire is American Sign Language with French and local influences ( Sanogo, Yédê Adama 2012 ). Black American Sign Language has variations but is also a variety of American Sign Language ( Woodward, Jr., James C. 1975 ).