Sign language group of Indonesia
Indonesian Sign Language Native to Indonesia Native speakers
900,000 (2016)[1] Language family
Dialects
Jakarta Sign Language
Yogyakarta Sign Language
(presumably others)
ISO 639-3 inl
Glottolog indo1333
ELP
Indonesian Sign Language , or Bahasa Isyarat Indonesia (BISINDO), is any of several related deaf sign languages of Indonesia , at least on the island of Java . It is based on American Sign Language , with local admixture in different cities. Although presented as a coherent language when advocating for recognition by the Indonesian government and use in education, the varieties used in different cities may not be mutually intelligible.
Specifically, the only study to have investigated this, Isma (2012),[2] found that the sign languages of Jakarta and Yogyakarta are related but distinct languages, that they remain 65% lexically cognate but are grammatically distinct and apparently diverging. They are different enough that Isma's consultants in Hong Kong resorted to Hong Kong Sign Language to communicate with each other. Word order in Yogyakarta tends to be verb-final (SOV), whereas in Jakarta it tends to be verb-medial (SVO) when either noun phrase could be subject or object, and free otherwise. The varieties in other cities were not investigated.
Rather than sign language, education currently uses a form of manually-coded Malay known as (SIBI).
See also [ ]
Kata Kolok , an unrelated language in Indonesia
References [ ]
Languages of Indonesia
Aru Central Maluku Flores–Lembata
Alorese
Kedang
Lamaholot
Sika
Halmahera- Cenderawasih
Ambai
Ambel
Ansus
Arguni
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Kuri
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Patani
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Serui-Laut
Taba
Tandia
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Wamesa
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CHCI chimpanzee center (Washoe , Loulis )
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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. Conversely,
ASL and
BSL both originated in English-speaking countries but are not related to each other; ASL however is related to
French Sign Language .
^b Denotes the number (if known) of languages within the family. No further information is given on these languages.
^c Italicised languages demark which languages have gone to
sleep or have
become extinct .