I am not sure if the automatic translation from Portuguese into English is correct, but I don't consider Father Pedro Ponce de Léon a 'great pioneer of sign languages'. He was a pioneer in the education of deaf people, but that is a different thing.

congaudeant.bsky.socialOct 1, 2024 10:17pm

Frei Pedro Ponce de León (1520 - 1584), monge espanhol da Ordem de São Bento, foi um grande percursor das línguas de sinais. Ele criou um método de ensino aos surdos baseado na técnica dos monges católicos que usavam sinais para a observância do silêncio. Exemplos em português (purl.pt/24262) :

Hi! Unfortunately, what I meant was ambiguous, even in Portuguese. Next time, I’ll be more descriptive and write more than one or two tweets, hahaha! I translated my explanation below :))

Pionneer of def oral education ! The sign language deaf education exists before him.