Sivia Sign Language

A language of Peru

ISO 639: lsv
Alternate Names: LSSiv, Lengua de señas de Sivia
Population: 62, all users. L1 users: 12 (2018 B. Clark). L2 users: 50 (2018 B. Clark).
Location:: Ayacucho region: Llochegua and Sivia.
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.
Other Comments: Within the user community, identity seems to be tied more to region or family than linguistic affiliation (2018 B. Clark).

Location: Ayacucho region: Llochegua and Sivia.