Sivia Sign Language Explained

Sivia Sign Language
States:Peru
Region:Sivia
Speakers:12 native speakers
Date:2015–2016
Ref:[1]
Speakers2:15–18 proficient, plus additional learners
Familycolor:sign language
Family:village sign
Iso3:lsv
Glotto:sivi1235
Glottorefname:Sivia Sign Language

Sivia Sign Language is the deaf sign language of the Quechua town of Sivia in Peru. It is not related to Peruvian Sign Language.[2]

The first generation consists of a deaf woman born in 1972, her deaf younger sister born in 1984, and a deaf friend of intermediate age. The second generation started in 1996 with the older woman's first child, who was deaf, and the rest of her and the other two women's children, all native signers, along with some additional cousins and friends.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Brenda Rae . Clark . A Grammatical Sketch of Sivia Sign Language . 12 March 2024 . PhD . December 2017 . University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
  2. Web site: Request for Change to ISO 639-3 Language Code . 12 March 2024 . 3 . Brenda . Clark . 2018-03-12 . ISO 639-3 Registration Authority.