German Sign Language (German: Deutsche Gebärdensprache, DGS) is the sign language of the deaf community in Germany, Luxembourg and in the German-speaking...

Sign languages (also known as signed languages) are languages that use the visual-manual modality to convey meaning, instead of spoken words. Sign languages...

The German Sign Language family is a language family of sign languages, including German Sign Language, Polish Sign Language and probably Israeli Sign Language...

Swiss-German Sign Language (German: Deutschschweizer Gebärdensprache, abbreviated DSGS) is the primary deaf sign language of the German-speaking part...

perhaps three hundred sign languages in use around the world today. The number is not known with any confidence; new sign languages emerge frequently through...

Polish Polish Sign Language Old French Sign Language (VLSF, before l'Épée) Eastern French: Old Danish (edu. 1807), Old German, German Evangelical (edu...

Jerusalem. The sign language used in the Jerusalemite school was influenced by the German Sign Language (DGS), but other sign languages or signing systems brought...

French Sign Language and therefore appears to be related to French Sign Language. It may also have common features with Russian Sign Language and German Sign...

Austrian Sign Language (German: Österreichische Gebärdensprache, ÖGS) is the sign language used by the Austrian Deaf community—approximately 10,000 people...

coded form of German that uses the signs of German Sign Language and is used in Germany. The Swiss-German Sign Language is used in German Switzerland,...

official languages. The Kingdom of Belgium has three official languages: Dutch, French, and German. A number of non-official, minority languages and dialects...

this language. German Sign Language was legally recognised in 2019 by the Parliament of the German-speaking Community. Although Brazilian Sign Language (LIBRAS)...

American Sign Language (ASL) developed in the United States, starting as a blend of local sign languages and French Sign Language (FSL). Local varieties...

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...

State Examination is offered in many more languages, including German Sign Language, yet primarily to/from German. Interpreting notes Cf., Literal translation...

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...

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...

Overseas, sizeable communities of German-speakers are found in the Americas. German is one of the major languages of the world, with nearly 80 million...

Catalan Sign Language, Spanish Sign Language, Swiss German Sign Language, Swedish Sign Language List of sign languages Village sign language Meir, Irit;...

Irish Sign Language (ISL, Irish: Teanga Chomharthaíochta na hÉireann) is the sign language of Ireland, used primarily in the Republic of Ireland. It is...

official language of Germany is German, with over 95 percent of the country speaking Standard German or a dialect of German as their first language. This...

Low German is a West Germanic language spoken mainly in Northern Germany and the northeastern Netherlands. The dialect of Plautdietsch is also spoken in...

Central and Upper High German Upper German, including Bavarian and Swiss German Yiddish is a Jewish language developed in Germany and Eastern Europe. It...

regional languages and languages brought by immigrants. Deaf communities in Poland use Polish Sign Language, which belongs to the German family of Sign Languages...

used in Germany are prescribed by the Road Traffic Regulation (StVO, German: Straßenverkehrs-Ordnung) and the Traffic Signs Catalog (VzKat, German: Verkehrszeichenkatalog)...

national languages of Switzerland are German, French, Italian, and Romansh. German, French, and Italian maintain equal status as official languages at the...

three official languages: French, German, and the national language Luxembourgish, established in law in 1984. These three languages are also referred...

Dutch Sign Language (Dutch: Nederlandse Gebarentaal or NGT; Sign Language of the Netherlands or SLN) is the predominant sign language used by deaf people...

Nicaraguan Sign Language (ISN; Spanish: Idioma de Señas de Nicaragua) is a form of sign language developed by deaf children in several schools in Nicaragua...

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. The...