Jumla Sign Language is a
village sign language A village sign language, or village sign, also known as a shared sign language, is a local indigenous sign language used by both deaf and hearing in an area with a high incidence of congenital deafness. Meir ''et al.'' define a village sign langua ...
of the town of
Jumla in western
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is ma ...
. There is a
Nepalese Sign Language school in Jumla, and that the students come from a 1–2-day walk away and do not speak Jumla Sign Language.
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See also
* Jhankot Sign Language
*Ghandruk Sign Language
Ghandruk Sign Language ( ne, घान्द्रुक सांकेतिक भाषा) is a village sign language of the village of Ghandruk in central Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Repu ...
* Maunabudhuk–Bodhe Sign Language
References
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Village sign languages
Sign languages of Nepal