Also Known As:
Rennellese Sign Language
Dialects & Varieties
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Critically Endangered
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 4
Less than half of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing at an accelerated pace.
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Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 5
Used only in a few very specific domains, such as in ceremonies, songs, prayer, proverbs, or certain limited domestic activities.
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Transmission
Transmission 5
There are only a few elderly speakers.
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Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Rolf Kuschel. 1974. "A Lexicon of Signs From a Polynesian Outlier Island. Copenhagen: Psychological Laboratory, Copenhagen University."
Bibliography of Locations:
"Glottolog." Online: http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/.
Bibliography of Context:
Rolf Kuschel. 1974. "A Lexicon of Signs From a Polynesian Outlier Island. Copenhagen: Psychological Laboratory, Copenhagen University."