Sign Language · East Africa

Kenya-Somali Sign Language

Not endangered

Kenya-Somali Sign Language is documented so far only to the level of grammar sketch.

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FamilySign Language
StatusNot endangered
DocumentationGrammar sketch
ISO 639-3xki
Glottocodekeny1241

Spoken in Kenya

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Closest relatives

Languages sharing the deepest branch of Sign Language's family tree with Kenya-Somali Sign Language.

  1. Adamorobe Sign Language

    Shifting
    Grammar

  2. Algerian Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Phonology, text or dictionary

  3. American Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  4. Berbey Sign Language

    Phonology, text or dictionary

  5. Bura Sign Language

    Wordlist or less

  6. Burkina Faso Sign Language

    Phonology, text or dictionary

  7. Chadian Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Wordlist or less

  8. Douentza Sign Language

    Wordlist or less

Reference data for Kenya-Somali Sign Language from Glottolog 5.2.1, licensed CC-BY-4.0. Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Bank, Sebastian. 2025. Glottolog 5.2.1. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (Available online at https://glottolog.org)