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Rennellese Sign Language
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<p>Rennellese Sign Language is an extinct form of <a href="/facts/Home_sign/vvDoQyJP">home sign</a> documented from <a href="/facts/Rennell_Island/ETJhazXI">Rennell Island</a> in the <a href="/facts/Solomon_Islands/tcyQWq3Q">Solomon Islands</a> in 1974. It was developed about 1915 by a deaf person named Kagobai and used by his hearing family and friends, but apparently died with him; he was the only deaf person on the island, and there never was an established, self-replicating community of signers. Accordingly, in January 2017 its ISO 639-3 code [rsi] was retired. Kuschel, the only source of information about this communication system, cites no evidence to suggest that there was any contact with any sign language. </p>