Rennellese Sign Language
Extinct home sign language of Rennell Island
Rennellese Sign Language is an extinct form of home sign documented from Rennell Island in the Solomon Islands in 1974.[1] 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.[2] Kuschel,[1] the only source of information about this communication system, cites no evidence to suggest that there was any contact with any sign language.
References
- ^ a b 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 (PDF). København: Københavns Universitet. pp. 187 pages. ISBN 9788750015062. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
- ^ ISO 639-3 Registration Authority. "Change request documentation for: 2016-002". ISO 639-3. SIL International. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
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