Samoan Sign Language

{{Short description|Deaf sign language of Samoa}}

{{Infobox language

|name = Samoan Sign Language

|nativename =

|states = Samoa

|region =

|speakers = ?

|familycolor= sign

|fam1 = BANZSL

|fam2 = Australian Sign Language?

|iso3 = none

|glotto=none

|ietf=asf-WS

}}

Samoan Sign Language is the deaf sign language of Samoa.

Much Samoan Sign Language is based on Australian Sign Language, though there are local signs for Samoan food.[http://www.abc.net.au/australianetwork/nexus/stories/s2049605.htm Monologue by Donna Lene] on Nexus It's not clear if this means Samoan Sign Language is related to Australian Sign Language, or if it merely has many loanwords from Australian Sign Language.

A short dictionary has been compiled for Samoan Sign Language, and evidently a separate dictionary has been compiled for American Samoan Sign Language.Don Cabbage & John Peterson, 1990, Samoan Sign Language, vol. 1. International Communication Publishers. 166 pages.Don Cabbage & John Peterson, 1990, American Samoa Sign Language, vol. 1. International Communication Publishers. 168 pages. "American Samoan Sign Language" may just be American Sign Language as used in American Samoa.{{Cite web|url=http://libguides.gallaudet.edu/content.php?pid=114804&sid=997863|title=LibGuides: Sign Language: Oceania|access-date=2014-12-06|archive-date=2014-12-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214161234/http://libguides.gallaudet.edu/content.php?pid=114804&sid=997863|url-status=live}}