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Wanib Sign Language

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Wanib Sign Language
Native toPapua New Guinea
Regionsouthern Toricelli Range
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologwani1243

Wanib Sign Language is a reported sign language, possibly a village sign language, in a Heyo-speaking community of Papua New Guinea. It's spoken just to the west of Mehek Sign Language, but the two languages reflect the very different spoken languages of their communities: Wanib SL follows the SVO word order of Heyo, whereas Mehek SL follows the SOV word order of Mehek.[1]

References

  1. ^ Reed, Laura; Rumsey, Alan (2019). Sign Languages in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon. John Benjamins Publishing Company. p. 150. ISBN 9789027261823.