Jumla Sign Language

JUS

threatened

Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 45%–49% with Nepalese Sign Language ,.

Genealogy:

Deaf sign language

Demographics: 8 (2005 International Nepal Fellowship). 8 monolinguals.

Writing System: Unwritten

Nation of Origin: Nepal

Other Comments: Deaf children in the Nepalese Sign Language school in Jumla come from 1 or 2 days walk away and do not know Jumla Sign Language.