Australian Aborigines Sign Language

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==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
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Roth, Walter E. 1978. The expression of ideas by manual signs: a sign-language. In: Umiker-Seboek, Donna J. and Thomas A. Sebeok eds.'' Aboriginal sign languages of the Americas and Australia.'' v.2. New York. Plenum Press. 273-301.
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Umiker-Seboek, Donna J. and Thomas A. Sebeok eds. 1978. ''Aboriginal Sign Languages of the Americas and Australia. v.2.'' New York. Plenum Press.
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Contents:
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Aranda Sign Language
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*Miller, Wick R. 1978. A report on the sign language of the Western Desert (Australia).435-440.[Including information of [[#Dialects|Western Desert Sign Language]] ]
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Strehlow, Carl. 1978. The sign language of the Aranda. In:Umiker-Seboek, Donna J. and Thomas A. Sebeok eds.'' Aboriginal sign languages of the Americas and Australia.'' v.2. New York. Plenum Press. 349-370
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*Meggit, Mervyn. 1954. Sign language among the Walbiri of Central Australia. 409-423.[Including information of [[#Dialects|Walbiri Sign Language]] ] (Originally published in ''Oceania.''1954. 25(1): 2-16.)
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Jaralde Sign Language
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*Love, J.R.B. 1941. Worora kinship gestures. 403-405.[Including information of [[#Dialects|Worora Kinship Sign Language]] ]
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Berndt, R.M. 1940. Notes on the sign-language of the Jaralde tribe of the Lower River Murray, South Australia. In:Umiker-Seboek, Donna J. and Thomas A. Sebeok eds. ''Aboriginal sign languages of the Americas and Australia.''v.2.  New York: Plenum Press. 397-402.
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*Berndt, R.M. 1940. Notes on the sign-language of the Jaralde tribe of the Lower River Murray, South Australia. 397-402.[Including information of [[#Dialects|Jaralde Sign Language]] ]
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Manjiljarra Sign Language
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*Mountford, C.P. 1938. Gesture language of the Ngada tribe of the Warburton Ranges, Western Australia. 393-396.[Including information of [[#Dialects|Ngada Sign Language]] ] (Originally published in ''Oceania.'' 1938. 9: 152-155.
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Quek, Joan. Summer 1991. Occasions for sign use in an Australian Aborigine community. In: ''Sign Language Studies'' 71. 143-160.
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*Warner, W. Lloyd. 1937. [[Australian_Aborigines_Sign_Language#Dialects|Murngin Sign Language]]. 389-392. (Extracted from ''A Black Civilization.'' New York: Harper and Row, 1937.)
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Murngin Sign Language
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*Strehlow, Carl. 1915. The sign language of the Aranda. 349-370.[Including information of [[#Dialects|Aranda Sign Language]] ] (Extracted from ''Die Aranda-und-Loritja-Stamme in Zentral-Australien.'' Frankfurt: Baer; translated by C. Chewings.)
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Warner, W. Lloyd. 1978. Murngin Sign Language. In:Umiker-Seboek, Donna J. and Thomas A. Sebeok eds. ''Aboriginal sign languages of the Americas and Australia.'' v.2. New York: Plenum Press. 389-392.
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*Roth, Walter E. 1897. The expression of ideas by manual signs: a sign-language. 273-301. (Reprinted from Roth, W.E. eds. 1897. ''Ethnological studies among the North-West-Central Queensland Aborigines.'' London: Queensland Agent-Generals Information Office. 71-90.) [Information collected from the following tribes; Pitta-Pitta, Boinji, Ulaolinya, Wonkajera, Walookera, Undekerebina, Kalkadoon, Mitakoodi, Woonamurra, Goa.]
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Ngada Sign Language
 
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Mountford, C.P. 1978. Gesture language of the Ngada tribe of the Warburton Ranges, Western Australia. In:Umiker-Seboek, Donna J. and Thomas A. Sebeok eds. ''Aboriginal sign languages of the Americas and Australia''. v.2. New York: Plenum Press,  393-396.
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Haddon, Alfred C. 1907. The gesture language of the Eastern Islanders. In: ''Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits. v.3.''  
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Cambridge, England: The University Press. [Including information of [[#Dialects|Torres Straits Islander Sign Language]] ]
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Torres Straits Islander Sign Language
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Haddon, Alfred C. 1907. The gesture language of the Eastern Islanders. In: ''Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits.'' Cambridge, England: The University Press, v.3.
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Walbiri Sign Language
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Meggit, Mervyn. 1978. Sign language among the Walbiri of Central Australia. In:Umiker-Seboek, Donna J. and Thomas A. Sebeok eds. ''Aboriginal sign languages of the Americas and Australia.'' v.2. New York: Plenum Press. 409-423.
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Western Desert Sign Language  
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Miller, Wick R. 1978. A report on the sign language of the Western Desert (Australia). In:Umiker-Seboek, Donna J. and Thomas A. Sebeok eds. ''Aboriginal sign languages of the Americas and Australia.'' v.2. New York: Plenum Press. 435-440.
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Worora Kinship Sign Language
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Love, J.R.B. 1941. Worora kinship gestures. In:Umiker-Seboek, Donna J. and Thomas A. Sebeok eds. ''Aboriginal sign languages of the Americas and Australia.'' v.2. New York: Plenum Press. 403-405.
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Revision as of 14:27, 22 January 2010

Basic information of the sign language
Language name Australian Aborigines Sign Language
Region Australia


Contents

Language name

Australian Aborigines Sign Language

Region

Australia


Population of signers

Language family

Dialects

Aranda(Arunta or Arrente) Sign Language

Dieri Sign Language

Djingili Sign Language

Jaralde Sign Language

Kaititj/Akitiri Sign Language

Manjiljarra Sign Language

Mudbura Sign Language

Murngin Sign Language

Ngada Sign Language

Torres Straits Islander Sign Language

Walpari(Walpiri or Walbiri) Sign Language

Warumungu(Warramunga) Sign Language

Western Desert Sign Language (Yurira Watjalku)

Worora Kinship Sign Language


Linguistic characteristics

History

Related sign languages

Related spoken languages

Institutes, associations and universities

Dictionaries

Walpiri Sign Language

Wright, Cheryl D. 1980. Walpiri hand talk: an illustrated dictionary of hand signs used by the Walpiri people of central Australia. Darwin, NT: Northern Territory Department of Education.


Bibliography

Umiker-Seboek, Donna J. and Thomas A. Sebeok eds. 1978. Aboriginal Sign Languages of the Americas and Australia. v.2. New York. Plenum Press.

Contents:

  • Miller, Wick R. 1978. A report on the sign language of the Western Desert (Australia).435-440.[Including information of Western Desert Sign Language ]
  • Meggit, Mervyn. 1954. Sign language among the Walbiri of Central Australia. 409-423.[Including information of Walbiri Sign Language ] (Originally published in Oceania.1954. 25(1): 2-16.)
  • Berndt, R.M. 1940. Notes on the sign-language of the Jaralde tribe of the Lower River Murray, South Australia. 397-402.[Including information of Jaralde Sign Language ]
  • Mountford, C.P. 1938. Gesture language of the Ngada tribe of the Warburton Ranges, Western Australia. 393-396.[Including information of Ngada Sign Language ] (Originally published in Oceania. 1938. 9: 152-155.
  • Warner, W. Lloyd. 1937. Murngin Sign Language. 389-392. (Extracted from A Black Civilization. New York: Harper and Row, 1937.)
  • Strehlow, Carl. 1915. The sign language of the Aranda. 349-370.[Including information of Aranda Sign Language ] (Extracted from Die Aranda-und-Loritja-Stamme in Zentral-Australien. Frankfurt: Baer; translated by C. Chewings.)
  • Roth, Walter E. 1897. The expression of ideas by manual signs: a sign-language. 273-301. (Reprinted from Roth, W.E. eds. 1897. Ethnological studies among the North-West-Central Queensland Aborigines. London: Queensland Agent-Generals Information Office. 71-90.) [Information collected from the following tribes; Pitta-Pitta, Boinji, Ulaolinya, Wonkajera, Walookera, Undekerebina, Kalkadoon, Mitakoodi, Woonamurra, Goa.]


Haddon, Alfred C. 1907. The gesture language of the Eastern Islanders. In: Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits. v.3. Cambridge, England: The University Press. [Including information of Torres Straits Islander Sign Language ]


Researchers

History of sign language research

Related pages

Links

Notes

Countries and areas of Oceania
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