Bribri Sign Language

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A language of Costa Rica

ISO 639-3
rib
User Population

No known L1 users (2021). The 3 deaf people who used it died in 1991, with only very elderly hearing people remembering any of it (2021 J. Woodward).

Location

Limón province.

Language Status

9 (Dormant).

Classification
Sign language, Shared sign language
Dialects

None known. Lexical similarity: less than 15% with Costa Rican Sign Language [csr] and Brunca Sign Language [rnb].

Language Use

Also use Bribri [bzd].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Bribri Sign Language
Other Comments

No definitive influence from any other sign language (2021 J. Woodward).