Rwandan Sign Language
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| Rwandan Sign Language | |
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| Native to | Rwanda |
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| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
It is not clear what the sign language or languages are in Rwanda. In 2006, a dictionary project was started to standardize Rwandan Sign Language (Amarenga y'Ikinyarwanda AKR "Kinyarwanda Sign Language", also Amarenga yo mu Rwanda AMR "Sign Language of Rwanda"), published in 2009.[1] It was an incomplete effort, and an expanded dictionary, based on signs common throughout the country, was started in 2013. The latter project description implies that these are dialects of a single language, but that is uncertain. Interpreter programs are available in Uganda; it is unknown whether this means that Rwandan Sign Language is related to Ugandan Sign Language.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ First Dictionary of Rwandan Sign Language, Marion Grace Woolley, 2009
- ^ Rwanda: Experts Begin Compilation of Sign Language Dictionary, The New Times, 2015 March 10
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