Plateau_Sign_Language

Plateau Sign Language

Plateau Sign Language

Extinct indigenous sign language of the Pacific Northwest


Plateau Sign Language, or Old Plateau Sign Language, is a poorly attested, extinct sign language historically used across the Columbian Plateau. The Crow Nation introduced Plains Sign Talk, which replaced Plateau Sign Language among the eastern nations that used it (the Coeur d’Alene, Sanpoil, Okanagan, Thompson, Lakes, Shuswap, and Coleville), with western nations[which?] shifting instead to Chinook Jargon.[1]

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  1. Flynn, Darin (2017-08-16). "Indigenous sign languages in Canada". University of Calgary. Retrieved 2023-07-17.



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