Mudbura language
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Mudbura Sign Language)
| Mudbura | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Northern Territory, Australia |
| Region | Victoria River to Barkly Tablelands |
|
Native speakers
|
48 (2005) to 47 (2006 census)[1] |
|
Pama–Nyungan
|
|
| Mudbura Sign Language | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | dmw |
| Glottolog | mudb1240[2] |
| AIATSIS[1] | C25 |
Mudbura (Mudburra), also known as Pinkangama, is an aboriginal language of Australia.
Karranga may have been a Mudbura dialect.[3] However, it is undocumented. Despite this lack of evidence, Bowern (2011) classifies it as a language isolate.[4]
Sign language[edit]
Main article: Australian Aboriginal sign languages
The Mudbura have (or had) a well-developed signed form of their language.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Mudbura at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Mudbura". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ^ [1]
- ^ Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)
- ^ Kendon, A. (1988) Sign Languages of Aboriginal Australia: Cultural, Semiotic and Communicative Perspectives. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
 |
This Australian Aboriginal languages-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
