Wanib Sign Language

Wanib Sign Language
Wanib Sign Language
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	southern Toricelli Range
Language family	village sign?
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	wani1243

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

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

External links

Sample of Wanib sign language

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

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