Jumla Sign Language

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Jumla Sign Language
Native to Nepal
Region Jumla
Native speakers
 (no estimate available)
Language codes
ISO 639-3 jus

Jumla Sign Language is a village sign language of the town of Jumla in western Nepal. Ethnologue reports that there is a Nepalese Sign Language school in Jumla, and that the students come from a 1–2-day walk away and do not speak Jumla Sign Language.

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^a Sign-language names reflect the region of origin. Natural sign languages are not related to the spoken language used in the same region. For example, French Sign Language originated in France, but is not related to French.

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