Akitiri Sign Language, also known as Eltye eltyarrenke (''hand signs''),
is (or was) a highly developed
Australian Aboriginal sign language
Many Australian Aboriginal cultures have or traditionally had a manually coded language, a signed counterpart of their oral language. This appears to be connected with various speech taboos between certain kin or at particular times, such as ...
used by the
Kaytetye people of northern Australia.
[ Kendon, A. (1988) ''Sign Languages of Aboriginal Australia: Cultural, Semiotic and Communicative Perspectives.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 60]
References
Bibliography
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Hale, Ken (c1960s), Original handwritten lexical list, 3pp.; ''notes on ‘Kaititj: akitiri sign language’,'' 3pp. in IATSIS library, MS 4114 Miscellaneous Australian notes of Kenneth L. Hale, Series 2 Barkly Tablelands language material, item 1-2 Wampaya
ambaya (C19)
Australian Aboriginal Sign Language family
Arandic languages
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