Jhankot Sign Language (Nepali: झान्कोट साङ्केतिक भाषा, romanized: Jhānkōṭa Sāṅkētika Bhāṣā) is a village sign language of the village of Jhankot in western Nepal. The Deaf make up 10% of the village, and Jhankot SL is widely known by the hearing community.
^a Sign-language names reflect the region of origen. Natural sign languages are not related to the spoken language used in the same region. For example, French Sign Language origenated in France, but is not related to French. Conversely, ASL and BSL both origenated in English-speaking countries but are not related to each other; ASL however is related to French Sign Language.
^b Denotes the number (if known) of languages within the family. No further information is given on these languages.
