Naga Hills Sign Language was 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 languag ...
of India. Early in the 20th century, a high incidence of deafness was observed among communities of the
Naga hills. A sign language was used by both deaf and hearing members of the community.
Ethnologist and political officer
John Henry Hutton
John Henry Hutton FRAI (27 June 1885 – 23 May 1968) was an English-born anthropologist and an administrator in the Indian Civil Service (ICS) during the period of the British Raj. The period that he spent with the ICS in Assam evoked an intere ...
wrote:
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Village sign languages
Sign languages of India
Extinct languages of Asia
Extinct sign languages