Warumungu Sign Language
| Warumungu Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| Warramunga Sign Language | |
| Region | North Central Desert, Australia |
Native speakers | 1 |
Warumungu
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
Warumungu Sign Language is a sign language used by the Warumungu, an Aboriginal community in the central desert region of Australia. Along with Warlpiri Sign Language, it is (or perhaps was) one of the most elaborate of all Australian Aboriginal sign languages.[1]
One known user of this sign language was Donald Jupurrula Graham who was considered to an advanced understanding and use of he language.[2]
References
- ^ Kendon, A. (1988) Sign Languages of Aboriginal Australia: Cultural, Semiotic and Communicative Perspectives. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 60
- ^ Nash, David (2008). "Donald Jupurrula Graham (c1920-1989)". Northern Territory Dictionary of Biography (Rev ed.). Darwin: Charles Darwin University Press. p. 233. hdl:10070/492231. ISBN 9780980457810. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
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