Akitiri Sign Language
Australian Aboriginal sign language
Akitiri Sign Language | |
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Kaytetye Sign Language | |
Eltye eltyarrenke | |
Region | Central Northern Territory |
Native speakers
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None |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | None |
Akitiri Sign Language , also known as Eltye eltyarrenke ( hand signs ), [1] is (or was) a highly developed Australian Aboriginal sign language used by the Kaytetye people of northern Australia. [2]
References
- ↑ "Iltyem iltyem" . Iltyem iltyem . Retrieved 5 June 2017 .
- ↑ Kendon, A. (1988) Sign Languages of Aboriginal Australia: Cultural, Semiotic and Communicative Perspectives. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 60
Bibliography
- Hale, Ken (c1960s), Original handwritten lexical list, 3pp.; notes on ‘Kaititj: akitiri sign language’, 3pp. in IATSIS library, MS 4114 Miscellaneous Australian notes of Kenneth L. Hale, Series 2 Barkly Tablelands language material, item 1-2 Wampaya [Wambaya (C19)].
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