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Rennellese Sign Language
Native to Solomon Islands
Extinctca. 2000
none ( home sign)
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottolog renn1236
ELP Rennell Island Sign Language

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ ISO 639-3 Registration Authority. "Change request documentation for: 2016-002". ISO 639-3. SIL International. Retrieved 1 February 2017.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( link)