It is not directly related to the sign languages of Europe, though it may have historical connections to monastic sign language.It developed under marriage speech taboos similar to those operating in Aboriginal Australia (see Australian Aboriginal sign languages), and is now defunct.[2] Under the strict patriarchal society then existing in Armenia, a newly married woman was not allowed to speak in the presence of her husband, in-laws and certain other people.A study of the language took place in Tavush Province in the 1930s.^b Denotes the number (if known) of languages within the family.