Sinasina | |
States: | Papua New Guinea |
Region: | Tabare Rural LLG, Chimbu Province |
Date: | 2000 census |
Ref: | e25 |
Familycolor: | Papuan |
Fam1: | Trans–New Guinea |
Fam2: | Chimbu–Wahgi |
Fam3: | Chimbu |
Iso3: | sst |
Glotto: | sina1271 |
Glottorefname: | Sinasina |
Sinasina is a term used to refer to for several Chimbu–Wahgi language varieties of Tabare Rural LLG (also called Sinasina), Simbu Province, Papua New Guinea. The term 'Sinasina' as a language name is an exonym. Speakers of the varieties of this region instead refer to their languages with tok ples vernacular languages endonyms, including: Dinga, Gunangi, Kebai, Kere, Kondo, Nimai, Tabare.[1] The Kere community also has a deaf sign language, Sinasina Sign Language.[2]