Samoan Sign Language

Deaf sign language of Samoa From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Samoan Sign Language is the deaf sign language of Samoa.

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Samoan Sign Language
Native toSamoa
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ISO 639-3None (mis)
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Much Samoan Sign Language is based on Australian Sign Language, though there are local signs for Samoan food.[1] 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.[2][3] "American Samoan Sign Language" may just be American Sign Language as used in American Samoa.[4]

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