FOR ARCHIVING: Registration form for 'blasl'

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LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM

1. Name of requester: Adam Goldberg
2. E-mail address of requester: adam.goldberg&sony.com
3. Record Requested:

Type: variant
Subtag: blasl
Description: Black American Sign Language dialect
Prefix: ase
Prefix: sgn-ase
Comments: Black American Sign Language (BASL) or Black Sign Variation
  (BSV) is a dialect of American Sign Language (ASL)

4. Intended meaning of the subtag:

The dialect of ASL typically used by Black ASL signers.

5. Reference to published description of the language (book or article):

C. McCaskill, C. Lucas, R. Bayley, and J. Hill, Hidden treasure of black
ASL: Its history and Structure. Washington, DC: Gallaudet University
Press, 2020.  https://a.co/d/9OQgUTc.

6. Any other relevant information:

See https://gallaudet.edu/center-black-deaf-studies/black-asl-project/,
see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_American_Sign_Language
(“Black American Sign Language (BASL) or Black Sign Variation (BSV)
is a dialect of American Sign Language (ASL)[1]”).  It seems to be
different enough to call for signaling:

Linguistically, BASL differs from other varieties of ASL in its
phonology, syntax, and vocabulary. BASL tends to have a larger signing
space, meaning that some signs are produced further away from the body
than in other dialects. (Wikipedia)