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Language that uses manual communication and body language to convey meaning
Sign languages (also known as signed languages) are languages that use the visual-manual modality to convey meaning rather than spoken words. They are
Sign_language
estimated three hundred sign languages in use around the world today. The number is not known with any confidence; new sign languages emerge frequently through
List_of_sign_languages
Sign language predominantly in the US
American Sign Language (ASL) is a natural language that serves as the predominant sign language of deaf communities in the United States and most of Anglophone
American_Sign_Language
Sign language used in the United Kingdom
British Sign Language (BSL) is a sign language used in the United Kingdom and is the first or preferred language among the deaf community in the UK. Based
British_Sign_Language
Deaf sign language of South Korea
Korean Sign Language or KSL (Korean: 한국 수화 언어 or short name 한국 수어) is a sign language used for deaf communities of South Korea. It is one of two official
Korean_Sign_Language
Topics referred to by the same term
Sign language is a language that uses the visual-manual modality to convey meaning, instead of spoken words. Sign Language may also refer to: "Sign Language"
Sign Language (disambiguation)
Sign_Language_(disambiguation)
Sign language used predominately in France and French-speaking Switzerland
French Sign Language (French: langue des signes française, LSF) is the sign language of deaf and hard-of-hearing people in France and in French-speaking
French_Sign_Language
Sign language used in the Philippines
Filipino Sign Language, abbreviated as FSL (Filipino: Wikang Senyas ng mga Pilipino), or Philippine Sign Language, is a sign language originating in the
Filipino_Sign_Language
The recorded history of sign language in Western societies starts in the 17th century, as a visual language or method of communication, although references
History_of_sign_language
Official sign language of China
Chinese Sign Language (CSL; simplified Chinese: 中国手语; traditional Chinese: 中國手語; pinyin: Zhōngguó Shǒuyǔ, ZGS) is the main sign language used in China
Chinese_Sign_Language
Sign language of Ireland, used primarily in Ireland
Irish Sign Language (ISL, Irish: Teanga Chomharthaíochta na hÉireann) is the sign language of Ireland, used primarily in Ireland. It is also used in Northern
Irish_Sign_Language
Sign language predominantly used in Germany
German Sign Language (German: Deutsche Gebärdensprache, DGS) is the sign language of the deaf community in Germany, Luxembourg, and the German-speaking
German_Sign_Language
Dialects and descendants of American Sign Language
American Sign Language (ASL) developed in the United States, starting as a blend of local sign languages and French Sign Language (FSL). Local varieties
Varieties of American Sign Language
Varieties_of_American_Sign_Language
Sign language of Brazil
Brazilian Sign Language (Portuguese: Língua Brasileira de Sinais [ˈlĩɡwɐ bɾaziˈlejɾɐ dʒi siˈnajs]) is the sign language used by deaf communities of Brazil
Brazilian_Sign_Language
Deaf-community sign language
Nicaraguan Sign Language (ISN; Spanish: Idioma de Señas de Nicaragua) is a sign language developed by deaf children in several schools in Nicaragua. Before
Nicaraguan_Sign_Language
Language of deaf community in Mexico
Mexican Sign Language (Spanish: Lengua de señas mexicana, LSM; also previously known by several other names) is the predominant language of the Deaf community
Mexican_Sign_Language
Sign language family derived from Old French Sign Language
French Sign Language (LSF, from langue des signes française), or Francosign, family is a language family of sign languages which includes French Sign Language
French_Sign_Language_family
Hand gesture
emphasis. The shaka sign is similar in shape to the letter Y in the American manual alphabet in American Sign Language or the sign for number six in the
Shaka_sign
Dominant sign language of Japan
Japanese Sign Language (日本手話, nihon-shuwa), also known by the acronym JSL, is the dominant sign language in Japan and is a complete natural language, distinct
Japanese_Sign_Language
Official sign language of Sweden
Swedish Sign Language (SSL; Swedish: Svenskt teckenspråk or STS) is the sign language used in Sweden. It is recognized by the Swedish government as the
Swedish_Sign_Language
Sign language, used particularly at international meetings
International Sign (IS) is a pidgin sign language which is used in a variety of different contexts, particularly as an international auxiliary language at meetings
International_Sign
Sign language of the Indian subcontinent
Indo-Pakistani Sign Language (IPSL; Hindi: भारतीय पाकिस्तानी सांकेतिक भाषा, Urdu: پاک و ہند اشاری زبان) is the predominant sign language in the Indian
Indo-Pakistani_Sign_Language
Local indigenous sign language
A village sign language, or village sign, also known as a shared sign language, is a local indigenous sign language used by both deaf and hearing in an
Village_sign_language
Entity whose presence indicates the probable existence of something else
including: Sun signs in astrology Sign or signing, in communication: communicating via hand gestures, such as in sign language. Gang signal Sign, in Tracking
Sign
Indigenous sign language used in Hawaii
Hawaiʻi Sign Language or Hawaiian Sign Language (HSL; Hawaiian: Hawaiian Sign Language), also known as, Old Hawaiʻi Sign Language and Hawaiʻi Pidgin Sign Language
Hawaiʻi_Sign_Language
Sign language of the deaf community in Russia
Russian Sign Language (RSL; Russian: Русский жестовый язык, РЖЯ) is the sign language used by the Deaf community in Russia, with what is possibly additional
Russian_Sign_Language
Endangered language of the Plains peoples
Sign Language (PISL), also known as Hand Talk, Plains Sign Talk, Plains Sign Language, or First Nation Sign Language, is an endangered sign language common
Plains_Indian_Sign_Language
Term in sign language
In sign languages, location, or tab, refers to specific places that the hands occupy as they are used to form signs. In Stokoe terminology it is known
Location_(sign_language)
Deaf sign language of Malta
Maltese Sign Language (Maltese: Lingwa tas-Sinjali Maltija, LSM) is a young sign language of Malta. Maltese Sign Language has existed in some form since
Maltese_Sign_Language
Official deaf sign language of Uruguay
Uruguayan Sign Language (Spanish: Lengua de señas uruguaya, LSU) is the deaf sign language of Uruguay, used since 1910. It is not intelligible with neighboring
Uruguayan_Sign_Language
Predominant deaf sign language of the Netherlands
Dutch Sign Language (Dutch: Nederlandse Gebarentaal or NGT; Sign Language of the Netherlands or SLN) is the predominant sign language used by deaf people
Dutch_Sign_Language
Sign language
Portuguese Sign Language (Portuguese: Língua gestual portuguesa) is a sign language used mainly by deaf people in Portugal. It is recognized in the present
Portuguese_Sign_Language
Gestural communication used by Christian monks
Monastic sign languages have been used in Europe from at least the tenth century by Christian monks, and some, such as Cistercian and Trappist sign, are still
Monastic_sign_languages
Sign language used in Egypt
Egyptian Sign Language (Arabic: لغة الإشارة المصرية, romanized: lughat al-ʿišāra al-Miṣriyyati) is a sign language used by members of the deaf community
Egyptian_Sign_Language
000 people, the other language was an indigenous language. Finally, the number of people reporting sign languages as the languages spoken at home was nearly
Languages_of_Canada
Sign language used in Taiwan
Taiwan Sign Language (TSL; Chinese: 台灣手語; pinyin: Táiwān Shǒuyǔ) is the sign language most commonly used by the deaf and hard of hearing in Taiwan. There
Taiwan_Sign_Language
Annual UN observance on September 23
International Day of Sign Languages (IDSL) is celebrated annually across the world on 23 September, taking place during International Week of the Deaf
International Day of Sign Languages
International_Day_of_Sign_Languages
Sign language of Italy
Italian Sign Language (Italian: Lingua dei segni italiana, LIS) is the visual language used by deaf people in Italy. Deep analysis of it began in the 1980s
Italian_Sign_Language
Sign language group of Indonesia
Indonesian Sign Language (Indonesian: Bahasa Isyarat Indonesia, BISINDO) is any of several related deaf sign languages of Indonesia, at least on the island
Indonesian_Sign_Language
National sign language of Thailand
Thai Sign Language (TSL; Thai: ภาษามือไทย, romanized: P̣hās̄ʹā mụ̄x thịy), or Modern Standard Thai Sign Language (MSTSL), is the national sign language of
Thai_Sign_Language
Village sign language of Ghana
Adamorobe Sign Language or AdaSL is a village sign language used in Adamorobe, an Akan village in eastern Ghana. It is used by about 30 deaf and 1370
Adamorobe_Sign_Language
Sign language used in Ukraine
Ukrainian Sign Language (abbreviated USL; Ukrainian: Українська жестова мова (УЖМ), romanized: Ukrainska zhestova mova (UZhM)) is the sign language of the
Ukrainian_Sign_Language
Sign language used by Mayan communities in Mexico and Guatemala
Mayan Sign Language (Spanish: Lengua de señas maya or yucateca) is a sign language used in Mexico and Guatemala by Mayan communities with unusually high
Mayan_Sign_Language
Official sign language of South Africa
South African Sign Language (SASL, Afrikaans: Suid-Afrikaanse Gebaretaal) is the primary sign language used by deaf people in South Africa. The South African
South_African_Sign_Language
Deaf sign language of Austria
Austrian Sign Language (German: Österreichische Gebärdensprache, ÖGS) is the sign language used by the Austrian Deaf community—approximately 10,000 people
Austrian_Sign_Language
Facilitating of oral or sign-language communication between users of different languages
Interpretation is translation from a spoken or signed language into another language, usually in real time to facilitate live communication. It is distinguished
Language_interpretation
Family of sign languages across the Arab Middle East
Arab sign-language family is a family of sign languages spread across the Arab Middle East. Its extent is not yet known, because only some of the sign languages
Arab_sign-language_family
Maritime Canadian sign language
Maritime Sign Language (MSL; French: Langue des signes maritime) is a sign language used in Canada's Atlantic provinces. Maritime Sign Language is descended
Maritime_Sign_Language
Sign language used in Denmark
Danish Sign Language (Danish: Dansk tegnsprog, DTS) is the sign language used in Denmark. Henri Wittmann (1991) assigned DSL to the French Sign Language family
Danish_Sign_Language
Sign language used mainly by deaf people in Spain
Spanish Sign Language (Spanish: Lengua de Signos Española, LSE) is a sign language used mainly by deaf people in Spain and the people who live with them
Spanish_Sign_Language
Efforts to teach other apes human communication
ape language research historically involved attempts to teach chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans to communicate using imitative human speech, sign language
Great_ape_language
Deaf sign language of Turkey
Turkish Sign Language (Turkish: Türk İşaret Dili, TİD) is the language used by the deaf community in Turkey. As with other sign languages, TİD has a unique
Turkish_Sign_Language
Sign language used predominantly in Israel
Israeli Sign Language (Hebrew: שפת הסימנים הישראלית), also known as Shassi or ISL, is the most commonly used sign language by the Deaf community of Israel
Israeli_Sign_Language
Principal sign language in Norway
Norwegian Sign Language, or NSL (Norwegian Bokmål: norsk tegnspråk or Nynorsk: norsk teiknspråk, NTS), is the principal sign language in Norway. There
Norwegian_Sign_Language
Sign language used in Belgium
Flemish Sign Language (Dutch: Vlaamse Gebarentaal, VGT) is a deaf sign language of Belgium. It is closely related to French Belgian Sign Language, but they
Flemish_Sign_Language
Sign language used in the former Yugoslavia
deaf sign language of the nations of the former Yugoslavia, known variously as Croatian Sign Language, Kosovar Sign Language, Serbian Sign Language, Bosnian
Yugoslav_Sign_Language
Sign language used in Latvia
Latvian Sign Language (Latvian: latviešu zīmju valoda) is a sign language commonly used by deaf people in Latvia. Linguists use LSL as an acronym for
Latvian_Sign_Language
Deaf sign language of Czech Republic
Czech Sign Language (Czech: Český znakový jazyk, ČZJ) is the sign language of the deaf community in the Czech Republic. It presumably emerged around the
Czech_Sign_Language
Sign language formerly used among hearing Armenian women
Woman's Sign Language, also known as Caucasian Sign Language or Harsneren (Armenian: հարսներէն, "bride's language"), is an indigenous sign language of Armenia
Caucasian_Sign_Language
Extinct sign language of Massachusetts
Martha's Vineyard Sign Language (MVSL) was a village sign language that was once widely used on the island of Martha's Vineyard, United States, from the
Martha's Vineyard Sign Language
Martha's_Vineyard_Sign_Language
Linguistic description of the structure of ASL
American Sign Language (ASL) has grammar just like any other sign language or spoken language. Sign languages are produced in the visual-gestural modality
American Sign Language grammar
American_Sign_Language_grammar
European sign language family
Sign Language family is a language family of sign languages, including German Sign Language, Polish Sign Language and probably Israeli Sign Language.
German_Sign_Language_family
Sign language most commonly used in Finland
Finnish Sign Language (Finnish: suomalainen viittomakieli) is the sign language most commonly used in Finland. There are appropriately 3,000 deaf people
Finnish_Sign_Language
Signed language systems used with hearing infants/toddlers
children, and are not the same as a sign language. Some common benefits that have been found through the use of baby sign programs include an increased parent-child
Baby_sign
New Zealand Sign Language or NZSL (Māori: te reo Rotarota o Aotearoa; also known as te reo Turi o Aotearoa, literally "Deaf language of New Zealand") is
New_Zealand_Sign_Language
Common language created by deaf people
A deaf-community or urban sign language is a sign language that emerges when deaf people who do not have a common language come together and form a community
Deaf-community_sign_language
Deaf sign language of Kenya and Somalia
Kenyan Sign Language (English: KSL, Swahili: LAK) is a sign language used by the deaf community in Kenya and Somalia. It is used by over half of Kenya's
Kenyan_Sign_Language
Sign language
Malaysian Sign Language (Malay: Bahasa Isyarat Malaysia, or BIM) is the principal language of the deaf community of Malaysia. It is also the official sign language
Malaysian_Sign_Language
Indigenous sign language isolate
Inuit Sign Language (IUR; Inuktitut: ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐆᒃᑐᕋᐅᓯᖏᑦ, romanized: Inuit Uukturausingit) is one of the Inuit languages and the indigenous sign language of Inuit
Inuit_Sign_Language
Phonemes of American Sign Language
American Sign Language (ASL) and other sign languages are characterized by phonological processes analogous to those of spoken languages. Phonemes serve
American Sign Language phonology
American_Sign_Language_phonology
Indigenous sign language of Australia
Yolŋu (Yolngu) or Penguin Sign Language is a ritual sign language used by the Yolngu, an Aboriginal community in the Arnhem Land region of Australia.
Yolŋu_Sign_Language
creole languages (such as Louisiana Creole), and pidgin languages. American Sign Language (ASL) and Interlingua, an international auxiliary language, were
Languages of the United States
Languages_of_the_United_States
Sign languages of Amami Oshima, Japan
Koniya Sign (Japanese: 古仁屋手話, romanized: Koniya Shuwa), or Amami Ōshima Sign (AOSL; 奄美大島手話, Amamiōshima Shuwa) is a village sign language, or group of
Koniya_Sign_Language
Deaf sign language of francophone Canada
Quebec Sign Language (French: Langue des signes québécoise or du Québec, LSQ) is the predominant sign language of Deaf communities used in francophone
Quebec_Sign_Language
Method of communication for those with deafblindness
Tactile signing is a common means of communication used by Deafblind people. It is based on a sign language or another system of manual communication
Tactile_signing
Sign language of the Levant
Levantine Arabic Sign Language is the sign language used by people of the area known as Bilad al-Sham or the Levant, comprising Jordan, Palestine, Syria
Levantine Arabic Sign Language
Levantine_Arabic_Sign_Language
Language family of sign languages
Swedish Sign Language family is a language family of sign languages, including Swedish Sign Language, Portuguese Sign Language, Cape Verdian Sign Language, Finnish
Swedish_Sign_Language_family
Language that has no demonstrable genetic relationship with other languages
the language arose independently and does not share a common linguistic genesis with any other language. This possibility is often posited for sign languages
Language_isolate
Group of similar sign languages in East Asia
Sign Language (JSL) family is a language family of three sign languages: Japanese Sign Language (JSL) family Japanese Sign Language (JSL) Korean Sign
Japanese_Sign_Language_family
Deaf sign language of Colombia
Colombian Sign Language (Spanish: Lengua de Señas Colombiana, LSC, Spanish pronunciation: [ˈleŋɡwa ðe ˈseɲas kolomˈbjana]) is the sign language used by
Colombian_Sign_Language
Hand sign (victory, peace or insult)
The V shape is also used in a number of signs in many sign languages, including (in American Sign Language) "to look" (with the palm down) or "to see"
V_sign
Gestural communication system
for identifying and describing home-based sign systems. She states that home signs differ from sign languages in that they: do not have a consistent meaning-symbol
Home_sign
Attested sign language
Old French Sign Language (French: Vieille langue des signes française, VLSF) was the language of the deaf community in 18th-century Paris at the time of
Old_French_Sign_Language
Manually coded form of Polish
Sign Language System, also known as Signed Language or Signed Polish, is a manually coded form of Polish that uses the signs of Polish Sign Language. It
Sign_Language_System
Deaf sign language of Argentina
Argentine Sign Language (Spanish: Lengua de señas argentina, LSA) is used in Argentina. Deaf people attend separate schools, and use local sign languages out
Argentine_Sign_Language
Deaf sign language of Iran
Iranian Sign Language (ISL), also referred to as Farsi Sign Language, Persian Sign Language, and Zaban Eshareh Irani (ZEI, Persian: زبان اشاره ایرانی)
Iranian_Sign_Language
Sign language of Catalonia
Catalan Sign Language (Catalan: Llengua de signes catalana, LSC; IPA: [ˈʎeŋɡwə ðə ˈsiŋnəs kətəˈlanə]) is a sign language used by around 18,000 people in
Catalan_Sign_Language
Sign language of the Australian deaf community
Australian Sign Language) is the sign language used by the majority of the Australian deaf community. Auslan is related to British Sign Language (BSL) and
Auslan
Sign language used in North Macedonia
jazik; MZJ or MGJ) is the sign language of the deaf community in North Macedonia. As in all sign languages, Macedonian Sign Language is based on gestures and
Macedonian_Sign_Language
Topics referred to by the same term
Belgian Sign Language may refer to two closely-related sign languages: Flemish Sign Language French Belgian Sign Language This disambiguation page lists
Belgian_Sign_Language
Deaf sign language of Iceland
Icelandic Sign Language (Icelandic: Íslenskt táknmál) is the sign language of the deaf community in Iceland. It is based on Danish Sign Language; until 1910
Icelandic_Sign_Language
Deaf sign language of Poland
Polish Sign Language (Polish: Polski język migowy, PJM) is the language of the deaf community in Poland. Polish Sign Language uses a distinctive one-handed
Polish_Sign_Language
Deaf sign language of Hong Kong and Macau
Hong Kong Sign Language (Chinese: 香港手語; Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2 sau2 jyu5), abbreviated as HKSL, is the deaf sign language of Hong Kong and Macau. It derived
Hong_Kong_Sign_Language
Manual encodings of Australian languages
cultures have or traditionally had a manually coded language, a signed counterpart of their oral language. This appears to be connected with various speech
Australian Aboriginal sign languages
Australian_Aboriginal_sign_languages
Sign language of the Greek deaf community
Greek Sign Language (Greek: Ελληνική νοηματική γλώσσα, romanized: Ellinikí noimatikí glóssa, ENG) is a sign language used by the Greek deaf community.
Greek_Sign_Language
Structured system of communication
humans convey meaning, both in spoken and signed forms, and may also be conveyed through writing. Human language is characterized by its cultural and historical
Language
Sign language refers to any natural language which uses visual gestures produced by the hands and body language to express meaning. The brain's left side
Sign_language_in_the_brain
Sign languages of Myanmar
There are one or two known sign languages in Myanmar (Burma). There are three schools for the deaf in the country: the Mary Chapman School for the Deaf
Burmese_sign_language
American Sign Language (ASL), the sign language used by the deaf community throughout most of North America, has a rich vocabulary of terms, which include
Profanity in American Sign Language
Profanity_in_American_Sign_Language
Deaf sign language of Nigeria
Yoruba Sign Language (YSL) is an indigenous sign language of the deaf community in Yoruba-speaking communities of southwestern Nigeria. Fluent Yoruba requires
Yoruba_Sign_Language
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