South Rupununi Sign Language

South Rupununi Sign Language is an indigenous village sign language spoken in at least seven Wapishana villages with a high degree of congenital deafness. The villages are located south of the town of Lethem in the Rupununi savannah of Guyana and Brazil.

South Rupununi Sign Language
Native toGuyana, Brazil
Regionseven-plus villages in the Rupununi savannah
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologsout3305[1]

References

  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "South Rupununi Sign". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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