Akitiri Sign Language
Kaytetye Sign Language
Eltye eltyarrenke
RegionCentral Northern Territory
Native speakers
None
Pama–Nyungan
Language codes
ISO 639-3
GlottologNone

Akitiri Sign Language, also known as Eltye eltyarrenke (hand signs),[1] is (or was) a highly developed Australian Aboriginal sign language used by the Kaytetye people of northern Australia.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Iltyem iltyem". Iltyem iltyem. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  2. ^ Kendon, A. (1988) Sign Languages of Aboriginal Australia: Cultural, Semiotic and Communicative Perspectives. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 60

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