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ISO 639-3 · pgzpgz
unclassified · sign language
Papua New Guinean Sign Language
Papua New Guinean Sign Language is a sign language, spoken in Papua New Guinea. Wikidata describes it as “sign language of Papua New Guinea”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
pgz- Glottocode
papu1255- Family
- unclassified
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- Wikipedia
- 10 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
—levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Papua New Guinean Sign Language |
|---|---|
| Also called | Papua New Guinea Sign Language, PNGSL, Melanesian Sign Language |
| Official in | Papua New Guinea |
| Kind | sign language |
Vitality
EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelwhere it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Papua New Guinea
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationaltpiTok Pisinunclassified · 4.1 m1 · NationalenqEngaTrans–New Guinea · 230,0005 · DevelopinghmoHiri MotuAustronesian · 120,0003 · Wider CommunicationksdTolaiAustronesian · 81,0003 · Wider CommunicationmeuMotuAustronesian · 39,0005 · DevelopingazrAdzeraAustronesian · 30,0004 · EducationalsnpSianeunclassified · 29,0005 · DevelopingagdAgarabiunclassified · 27,0006a · VigorousgahAlekanoTrans–New Guinea · 25,0007 · Shifting