Australian Aboriginal sign languages

Sign languages ​​of the Aborigines are accompanying sign language of the Australian aborigines.

Background

Own or had traditionally accompanying sign language, sign language as a counterpart to their spoken language Many cultures of the Australian Aborigines. This seems to be connected with different language taboos (avoiding language ), the. Between their clan or at special times, such as during mourning periods for women or during initiation ceremonies for men exist, It is similar to the Armenian Sign Language, but differs from the sign language of the Plains Indians from far, which included no language taboos, such as. Well as from those used by the deaf sign languages ​​, which is no encoding of spoken language There is a certain similarity between adjacent groups and some similarities to pidgin languages ​​comparable to the standard sign language of the Plains Indians in the American Great Plains.

Sign languages ​​appear to be the most developed in areas with extensive speech taboos. Central desert ( Simpson Desert) (especially among the Warlpiri and Warumungu and the Western Cape York Complex sign systems are also from the southern, central and western desert regions, the Gulf of Carpentaria ( including north-east Arnhem Land and the Tiwi Islands), some Torres Strait islands and the southern areas of Fitzmaurice and Kimberley. evidence of sign language elsewhere are lean, despite being so far south as the southern coast ( Jaralde sign language ) will be reported and it is even evidence from the early years of the 20th century to the use of sign language by peoples of the southwest coast. Anyway, many of these codes are now extinct and very few references have reported details.

Studies on the status of deaf members of such indigenous communities differ from each other, with some reviewers praising the inclusion of deaf people in the life of the dominant culture, while others point out that pigeon not learn sign language and how others dove isolated in hearing cultures are, a simple system of home sign ( home sign ) develop in order to communicate with their families. Yet there is a dialect of Auslan (Australia Sign Language - Sign Language of the Australian Deaf culture ) of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the far north Queensland (from Yarrabah to Cape York, which is strongly influenced by the indigenous sign languages ​​and gesture systems of the region.

Sign languages ​​have been reported in North Queensland in 1908 ( Roth). Early studies of indigenous sign languages ​​have been made by the American linguist La Mont West and later, in more depth, by the English linguist Adam Kendon.

List of sign languages ​​of the Aborigines

  • Arrernte Sign Language **
  • Dieri [ Diyari ] Sign Language ** ( extinct )
  • Djingili sign language * (non- Pama - Nyungan )
  • Jaralde sign language
  • Kaititj [ Kaytetye ]: Akitiri Sign Language **
  • Kalkutungu sign language *
  • Manjiljarra sign language
  • Mudbura sign language *
  • Murngin sign language
  • Ngada sign language
  • Pitha Pitha sign language *
  • Torres Strait Islander Sign Language
  • Umpila sign language *
  • Warlmanpa Sign Language **
  • Warlpiri Sign Language **
  • Warluwara sign language *
  • Warumungu sign language or sign language Warramunga **
  • Western Desert Sign Language ( Kardutjara, Yurira Watjalku ) *
  • Worora Kinship sign language
  • Yir Yoront *
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