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 languag ...
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 mai ...
. There is a
Nepalese Sign Language
Nepalese Sign Language or Nepali Sign Language is the main sign language of Nepal. It is a partially standardized language based informally on the variety used in Kathmandu, with some input from varieties from Pokhara and elsewhere. As an indig ...
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.
See also
*Jumla Sign Language
*Jhankot Sign Language
*Maunabudhuk–Bodhe Sig ...
* Maunabudhuk–Bodhe Sign Language
References
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Village sign languages
Sign languages of Nepal