Yolngu Sign Language

YGS

vigorous

Alternate Names: Hands in action

Genealogy:

Deaf sign language

Demographics: 5,000 (2012 D. Adone).

Language Use: It is taught from birth to Aboriginal children in the communities where it is used, as this signed language coexists with spoken languages. Speakers of other Yolngu languages use it. Nearly all domains.

Language Development: Videos.

Nation of Origin: Australia