Albarradas Sign Language

Albarradas Sign Language
Didxa ná’
Native toMexico
RegionOaxaca
Native speakers
some members of a community of 1,000
Language codes
ISO 639-3lsc
Glottologalba1273
Various sign languages of Turtle Island (North America), excluding Francosign languages. Didxa ná’ is labelled in black as #4.

Albarradas Sign Language, also known as Didxa ná’, is an indigenous village sign language of Mexico. It arose approximately 150 years ago in the Zapotec villages of Santa Catarina Albarradas, San Antonio Albarradas and possibly one other nearby town, due to a high incidence of congenital deafness.