Also Known As:
Benkala Sign Language, Bengkala Sign Language, Balinese Sign Language
Dialects & Varieties
Recent Resources
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Endangered
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~175
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 2
A majority of community members speak the language. Speaker numbers are gradually decreasing.
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Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 2
Used in some non-official domains along with other languages, and remains the primary language used in the home for many community members.
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Transmission
Transmission 3
Some adults in the community are speakers, but the language is not spoken by children.
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Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Conny Leonie Gabriella De Vos. Sign-Spatiality in Kata Kolok: How a Village Sign Language of Bali Inscribes Its Signing Space. PhD thesis, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, 2012. Online: http://repository.ubn.ru.nl/bitstream/2066/99153/1/99153.pdf.
Bibliography of Locations:
Vos, Connie de. 2011. ""Longitudinal Documentation of Sign Language Acquisition in a Deaf Village in Bali" HRELP Abstract." Online: http://www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=273.
Bibliography of Context:
Conny Leonie Gabriella De Vos. Sign-Spatiality in Kata Kolok: How a Village Sign Language of Bali Inscribes Its Signing Space. PhD thesis, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, 2012. Online: http://repository.ubn.ru.nl/bitstream/2066/99153/1/99153.pdf.