Which statement describes Urban Indian Sign Language (UISL)?

A Most of the people who use UISL are members of the working class.
B UISL is used by educated people as part of their Deaf identity.
C Users of UISL use pantomime frequently to convey meaning.
D There is no standardization of syntactic constructions in UISL.
E UISL has a very limited number of signs in its lexicon.


B

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