Rennellese Sign Language

From AASL

Basic information of the sign language

Language name	Rennellese Sign Language
Region	Solomon Islands (Rennell Island)

Contents 1 Language name 2 Region 3 Population of signers 4 Language family 5 Dialects 6 Linguistic characteristics 7 History 8 Related sign languages 9 Related spoken languages 10 Institutes, associations and universities 11 Dictionaries 12 Bibliography 13 Researchers 14 History of sign language research 15 Related pages 16 Links 17 Notes

Language name

Rennellese Sign Language

Region

Solomon Islands (Rennell Island)

Population of signers

Language family

Dialects

Linguistic characteristics

History

Related sign languages

Related spoken languages

Institutes, associations and universities

Dictionaries

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. København: Universitet, Psykologisk Laboratorium.

Bibliography

Kuschel, Rolf. 1987. Sign language : Rennellese. In : Van Cleve, John V. (editor in chief), Gallaudet College eds. Gallaudet encyclopedia of deaf people and deafness. New York : McGraw-Hill. vol.3. 105-106.

Researchers

History of sign language research

Related pages

Links

Notes

Countries and areas of Oceania

Continent	Australasian Sign Language | Australian Aborigines Sign Language | Australian Sign Language
Polynesia	Australasian Sign Language | New Zealand Sign Language | Samoan Sign Language
Micronesia	(no data)
Melanesia	Enga Sign Language | Fiji Sign Language | Rennellese Sign Language
Areas and others	(no data)