Enga Sign Language

Enga Sign Language
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Upper Lagaip Valley, Enga Province
Language family	village sign language?
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (`mis`)
Glottolog	`enga1253`^[1]

Enga Sign Language is a briefly described village sign language of the Enga people in Papua New Guinea.

Sign language

By region^[a]

Sign languages by region

Oceania	Australia: Auslan, Warlpiri, Australian Aboriginal Hawaii New Zealand Solomon Islands: Rennellese

Asia	Chinese Philippine Indonesia: Indonesian, Kata Kolok (Benkala, Balinese) India: Alipur, Indo-Pakistani, Naga Israel: Al-Sayyid Bedouin, Ghardaia, Israeli, Kafr Qasem Japan: Amami Oshima, Japanese Korean Malaysia: Malaysian, Penang, Selangor Mongolian Nepal: Ghandruk, Jhankot, Jumla, Nepalese Persian Saudi Arabia: Saudi Singapore Sri Lankan Taiwanese Thailand: Ban Khor, Thai Vietnamese

Africa	Algeria: Algerian, Ghardaia Ghana: Adamorobe, Nanabin Kenyan Mali: Tebul, LaSiMa Nigeria: Bura, Hausa Senegal: Mbour Somalia & Djibouti: Somali South African Tanzanian Ugandan Zambian

Europe	Armenian Austrian Belgium: Flemish, French Belgian British Croatian Danish Dutch Estonian Finnish France: Ghardaia, French, Lyons German Greek Hungarian Icelandic Irish Italian Kosovar Lithuanian Macedonian Northern Ireland Norwegian Polish Portuguese Russian Slovenian Spain: Catalan, Spanish, Valencian Swedish Swiss Turkey: Mardin, Turkish

North America	Plains Sign Talk Canada: American, Maritime, Quebec, Inuit, Plateau Mexico: Chatino, Mayan, Mexican United States: American (Black American), Keresan, Martha's Vineyard, Plateau, Sandy River Valley, Henniker

South America	Argentine Bolivian Brasil: Libras, Ka'apor Chilean Colombia: Colombian, Providence Island Costa Rica: Bribri, Brunca Ecuadorian Guatemalan: Guatemalan, Mayan Honduras Nicaraguan Paraguayan Peruvian Providence Island Salvadoran Uruguayan Venezuelan

International	International Sign (Gestuno) Makaton Monastic Signalong

Language families^[a]

Australian Aboriginal (List)
BANZSL (List)
Danish (List)
French (List)
German (List)
Japanese (List)
Indo-Pakistani (List)
Swedish (List)
Arab (List)
Isolates (List)

American Sign Language

Extinct sign languages

Linguistics

Fingerspelling

Writing

Language contact

Media

Films (list)
Television programmes (list)

Persons

Organisations

Miscellaneous

^a Sign-language names reflect the region of origin. Natural sign languages are not related to the spoken language used in the same region. For example, French Sign Language originated in France, but is not related to French.

References

↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Enga Sign Language". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Kendon, Adam (1980) "A description of a deaf-mute sign language from the Enga Province of Papua New Guinea: with some comparative discussion." In: Semiotica, v. 32, no. 3–4: 245–313; v. 32, no. 1–2: 81–117; v. 31, no. 1–2: 1–34.

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