Warlpiri Sign Language

Warlpiri Sign Language
Rdaka-rdaka
RegionNorth Central Desert, Australia
Native speakers
None
Language codes
ISO 639-3
GlottologNone

Warlpiri Sign Language, also known as Rdaka-rdaka (lit. hand signs),[1] is a sign language used by the Warlpiri, an Aboriginal community in the central desert region of Australia. It is one of the most elaborate, and certainly the most studied, of all Australian Aboriginal sign languages.

  1. ^ Swartz, Stephen M (2012). Grimes, Charles E; Lecompte, Maarten (eds.). Warlpiri-English Dictionary: with English-Warlpiri finderlist. AuSIL Dictionary Series, B-3 (2nd ed.). Australian Society for Indigenous Languages, Darwin. ISBN 978-1-86892-603-9. Retrieved 29 March 2024.

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