Bengkala Sign Language
PrintA language of Indonesia
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Benkala Sign Language, Kata Kolok
Population
41 (2007 SIL). 40 monolinguals. More than 1,200 Kata Kolok signers; about 50 of them are deaf (de Vos 2011).
Location
Nusa Tenggara, Bali island, Buleleng regency, Bengkala village.
Language Maps
Language Status
6b (Threatened).
Classification
Language Use
All domains. All ages. Positive attitudes. A school for the deaf 18 km away uses only Indonesian Sign Language [inl]. 2 Bengkala signers now go to this school and have become bilingual. There are 3 bilingual Bengkala signers.
Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 0%. Literacy rate in L2: About 5% in Indonesian [ind]. In 2007 a local school was set up for deaf children in the village which uses Kata Kolok as a language of instruction. Taught in primary schools.
Language Resources
In the linguistic literature the language is referred to as Kata Kolok which means deaf language in Balinese [ban].