Social:Rennellese Sign Language
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| Rennellese Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Solomon Islands |
| Extinct | ca. 2000 |
none (home sign) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | renn1236[1] |
Rennellese Sign Language is an extinct form of home sign documented from Rennell Island in 1974.[2] It was developed about 1915 by a deaf person named Kagobai and used by his hearing family and friends, but apparently died with him; he was the only deaf person on the island, and there never was an established, self-replicating community of signers. Accordingly, in January 2017 its ISO 639-3 code [rsi] was retired.[3] Kuschel,[2] the only source of information about this communication system, cites no evidence to suggest that there was any contact with any sign language.
References
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Rennellese Sign Language". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/renn1236.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kuschel, Rolf (1974). A Lexicon of Signs from a Polynesian Outliner Island: A Description of 217 Signs as Developed and Used by Kagobai, the Only Deaf-Mute of Rennell Island. København: Københavns Universitet. pp. 187 pages. ISBN 9788750015062. http://www.bellona.dk/pdf/Deaf-mute/a_lexicon_of_sign/lexicon.pdf. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
- ↑ ISO 639-3 Registration Authority. "Change request documentation for: 2016-002". SIL International. http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/chg_detail.asp?id=2016-002&lang=rsi. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
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