Navajo Family Sign

Deaf sign language of the Navajo people
Navajo Family Sign
Native toUnited States
EthnicityNavajo
Language family
Isolate
Language codes
ISO 639-3

Navajo Family Sign is a sign language used by a small deaf community of the Navajo People.[1][2] [3]

References

  1. ^ Supalla, Samuel J. (1992). The Book of Name Signs. p. 22.
  2. ^ Davis, Jeffrey; Supalla, Samuel (1995). "A Sociolinguistic Description of Sign Language Use in a Navajo Family". In Ceil, Lucas (ed.). Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities. Gallaudet University Press. pp. 77–106. ISBN 978-1-563-68036-6.
  3. ^ Davis, Jeffrey E. (29 July 2010). Hand Talk: Sign Language Among American Indian Nations. Cambridge University Press. p. 178. ISBN 9780521870108. Archived from the original on 26 May 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
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