Miriwoong Sign Language

Summary

Miriwoong Sign Language is a developed Australian Aboriginal sign language used by the Miriwoong, an Aboriginal community in the north of Australia. It is mostly used by the hearing community, but three deaf speakers have been identified. Speakers do not find Yolngu Sign Language to be understandable.[2]

Miriwoong Sign Language
Native toAustralia
RegionKununurra, Western Australia
Native speakers
3 known deaf speakers; mostly used by hearing population (2014)[1]
Jarrakan
Language codes
ISO 639-3rsm
Glottologmiri1273

References edit

  1. ^ Miriwoong Sign Language at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)  
  2. ^ ISO 639-3 Language Code Change Request Number 2015-056

Further reading edit

  • Kendon, Adam (1988). Sign languages of Aboriginal Australia : cultural, semiotic, and communicative perspectives (1. publ. ed.). Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-36008-0.