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Samoan Sign Language

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Native to
  
Samoa

Glottolog
  
None

ISO 639-3
  
None (mis)

Language family
  
BANZSL Australian Sign Language? Samoan Sign Language

Samoan Sign Language is the deaf sign language of Samoa.

"A lot of" Samoan Sign Language is based on Australian Sign Language, though there are local signs for Samoan food. It's not clear if this means Samoan Sign Language is related to Australian Sign Language, or if it merely has lots of 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. "American Samoan Sign Language" may just be American Sign Language as used in American Samoa.

References

Samoan Sign Language Wikipedia