Miriwoong Sign Language
| Miriwoong Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Kununurra, Western Australia |
Sign languages
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | rsm |
| Glottolog | miri1273 |
Miriwoong Sign Language is a developed Australian Aboriginal sign language used by the Miriwoong, an Aboriginal community in the north of Australia. Only older adults use the language as a first language.[1] Signers do not find Yolngu Sign Language to be understandable.[2]
References
- ↑ "Miriwoong Sign Language | Ethnologue Free". Ethnologue (Free All). Archived from the original on 9 March 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
- ↑ ISO 639-3 Language Code Change Request Number 2015-056
Further reading
- 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.
