Sinasina Sign Language

{{Short description|Village sign language of Papua New Guinea}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Sinasina Sign Language

|states=Papua New Guinea

|region=Sinasina, Chimbu Province

|speakers=5 deaf

|date=2019

|speakers2=25 to 50 hearing

|familycolor = sign language

|family=village sign

|iso3=none

|glotto=sina1273

|glottorefname=Sinasina Sign Language

}}

Sinasian Sign Language (SSSL) is a village sign language of the Sinasina valley in Chimbu Province, Papua New Guinea. This language is used by approximately 3 deaf and 50 hearing individuals, including members of the Kere community. SSSL was first encountered and reported by linguist Samantha Rarrick in 2016. Documentation efforts are ongoing.Rarrick, Samantha. 2019. "Training Signers to Document Sinasina Sign Language (Papua New Guinea). 6th International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation. University of Hawai'i at Manoa. https://www.academia.edu/38721591/Training_Signers_to_Document_Sinasina_Sign_Language_Papua_New_GuineaRarrick, Samantha. 2019. "Documenting the Kere Community's Indigenous Languages: Kere & Sinasina Sign Language." Linguistic Society of America's 93rd Annual Meeting. New York, NY.Rarrick, Samantha & Emmanuel Asonye. 2017. "Wellness & Linguistic Barriers in Deaf Communities in Nigeria & Papua New Guinea." 5th International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation. University of Hawai'i at Manoa. https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/42056

Sinasina Sign Language may have lexical similarities with another village sign language in the region, Kailge Sign Language,{{Cite web |title=Program for Wednesday, December 6th |url=https://easychair.org/smart-program/ALS2017/2017-12-06.html |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=easychair.org}} but its genetic affiliation has yet to be established.Rarrick, Samantha. 2019. "Aksen tasol: Identifying & documenting sign language use in Papua New Guinea. The 8th Meeting of Signed and Spoken Language Linguistics. National Museum of Ethnology. Osaka.Rarrick, Samantha. 2019. "Shifting Attitudes and Uncertain Futures: The Endangerment of Sinasina Sign Language (Papua New Guinea)." Foundation for Endangered Languages (FEL XXIII). Sydney Centre for Language Research, The University of Sydney, Sydney.