Warumungu Sign Language

Warumungu Sign Language
Warumungu Sign Language
Warramunga Sign Language
Region	North Central Desert, Australia
Native speakers	1
Language family	Warumungu Warumungu Sign Language;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None

Last updated June 25, 2025

Warumungu Sign Language is a sign language used by the Warumungu, an Aboriginal community in the central desert region of Australia. Along with Warlpiri Sign Language, it is (or perhaps was) one of the most elaborate of all Australian Aboriginal sign languages.^[1]

One known user of this sign language was Donald Jupurrula Graham who was considered to an advanced understanding and use of he language.^[2]

References

↑ Kendon, A. (1988) Sign Languages of Aboriginal Australia: Cultural, Semiotic and Communicative Perspectives. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 60
↑ Nash, David (2008). "Donald Jupurrula Graham (c1920-1989)". Northern Territory Dictionary of Biography (Rev ed.). Darwin: Charles Darwin University Press. p. 233. hdl:10070/492231. ISBN 9780980457810 . Retrieved 24 June 2025.^{[ dead link ]}

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[1] Kendon, A. (1988) Sign Languages of Aboriginal Australia: Cultural, Semiotic and Communicative Perspectives. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 60

[:0-2] Nash, David (2008). "Donald Jupurrula Graham (c1920-1989)". Northern Territory Dictionary of Biography (Rev ed.). Darwin: Charles Darwin University Press. p. 233. hdl:10070/492231. ISBN 9780980457810 . Retrieved 24 June 2025.^{[ dead link ]}

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