10728 (Papua New Guinean Sign Language)

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id: 10728,
code_val: "pgz",
code_authorities: "ISO 639-3",
primary_name: "Papua New Guinean Sign Language",
alternate_names: "PNGSL; Papua New Guinea Sign Language; Melanesian Sign Language;",
lang_description: "",
classification: "Sign Language",
dialect_varieties: "",
public_comment: "Note that "Melanesian Sign Language" is a misleading name used in some literature-- this sign language is used only in Papua New Guinea, not throughout Melanesia. ",
private_comment: null,
source_id: null,
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  - speaker_number: "10000-99999",
  - speaker_number_text: "~30,000",
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  - older_adults: "",
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  - ethnic_population: "",
  - date_of_info: "",
  - public_comment: "Number given is an estimate of the deaf population in Papua New Guinea. [Ed. note: there are likely multiple sign languages used in Papua New Guinea, and thus some of the deaf population may be speakers of other sign languages, but none have yet been formally identified aside from PNGSL.]",
  - private_comment: null,
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- updated_at: "2016-05-03 18:28:15",
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}