Sivia Sign Language

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A language of Peru

ISO 639-3
lsv
Alternate Names
LSSiv, Lengua de señas de Sivia
User Population

62, all users. L1 users: 12 (2018 B. Clark). L2 users: 50 (2018 B. Clark).

Location

Ayacucho region: Llochegua and Sivia.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Sign language, Shared sign language
Dialects

None known. Lexical similarity: less than 20% with Peruvian Sign Language [prl].

Language Use

Threatened by the officially-recognized Peruvian Sign Language [prl], which is the only sign language used in education, though no signed language is currently used in Sivia schools (2018 B. Clark). All domains. Some young people, all adults.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Sivia Sign Language
Other Comments

Within the user community, identity seems to be tied more to region or family than linguistic affiliation (2018 B. Clark).