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Miriwoong Sign Language is a developed Australian Aboriginal sign languages used by the Miriwoong, an Aboriginal community in the north of Australia. It is mostly used by the hearing community, but three deaf speakers have been identified. Speakers do not find Yolngu Sign Language to be understandable.[1]

Miriwoong Sign Language
Native to	Australia
Region	Kununurra, Western Australia
Native speakers	3 known deaf speakers; mostly used by hearing population (2014)[1]
Language family	Jarrakan Miriwoong Miriwoong Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3	rsm
Glottolog	miri1273

References

Further reading

• Kendon, Adam (1988). Sign languages of Aboriginal Australia : cultural, semiotic, and communicative perspectives (1. publ. ed.). Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-36008-0.

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