Sinasina language

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.^[1] 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.^[2] The Kere community also has a deaf sign language, Sinasina Sign Language.^[3]

Sinasina
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Tabare Rural LLG, Chimbu Province
Native speakers	(21,000 cited 2000 census)[1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Chimbu–Wahgi Chimbu Sinasina
Language codes
ISO 639-3	sst
Glottolog	sina1271

See also

• Sinasina Sign Language