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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > Nepal > Jumla Sign Language

Jumla Sign Language

A language of Nepal

ISO 639-3jus

Population  100% monolingual.
Region  Midwest region, Chandmnath VDC, Jumla District, Jumla Town.
Language map  Western Nepal, reference number 43
Classification  Deaf sign language
Language development  Magazines. Newspapers. Radio programs. Films. TV. Videos.
Comments  Deaf children in the Nepalese Sign Language school in Jumla all come from one or 2 days walk away and do not know Jumla Sign Language.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

HURLBUT, Hope M., author. 2012. "A Lexicostatistic Survey of the Signed Languages in Nepal."  Available online