The legal recognition of signed languages differs widely. In some jurisdictions (countries, states, provinces or regions), a signed language is recognised...

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

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Inspirisles Legal recognition of sign languages Pointing Sign name ASL interpreting Billingual-Bicultural Education In particular, Martha's Vineyard Sign Language...

because of cochlear implants, education is consistently leaning towards oralist methods. Fingerspelling Legal recognition of sign languages List of sign languages...

motion of the hands or orientation of the hands or both. Deafness in Iceland Sigurlín Margrét Sigurðardóttir Legal recognition of sign languages Icelandic...

were home to over 70 distinct languages across 12 or so language families. Today, a majority of those indigenous languages are still spoken; however, most...

2008. "Irish Sign Language given official legal recognition". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2018-01-16. "President signs Irish Sign Language bill into law"...

German other languages widely spoken: English (46%) Latvian Sign Language (legally recognised and supported) and Russian Sign Language In the 2011 census...

letters of the alphabet. Signs can also represent complete ideas or phrases, not only individual words. Most sign languages are natural languages, different...

home sign, which does not pass between generations, sign languages are shared by a large community of signers. Records show the existence of a sign language...

Greek Sign has been legally recognized as the official language area of the Deaf community for educational purposes in Greece since 2000. The Greek Sign Language...

official language of the United Kingdom. A number of regional and migrant languages are also spoken. Indigenous Indo-European regional languages include...

including languages used for religious purposes, languages which are important for international trade and communication, and South African Sign Language, as...

of speech International Mother Language Day Language geography Language ideology Language policy Lau v. Nichols Legal recognition of sign languages Linguistic...

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...

The Lisbon Recognition Convention, officially the Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education in the European Region,...

of several of these. As with all sign languages around the world that developed organically, these are full languages distinct from any oral language...

Josep (2012). "Legal Pathways to the Recognition of Sign Languages: A Comparison of the Catalan and Spanish Sign Language Acts". Sign Language Studies. 12...

April 2021. "Shamim Ara". 5 August 2016. "Demand made for legal recognition of sign language". Hindustan Times. PTI. 4 December 2010. Archived from the...

to announce formal recognition for both British and Irish Sign Languages in Northern Ireland and in Ireland. "Identity and Language (NI) Bill: Second Reading...

rejected a petition calling for the legal recognition of non-binary as a gender identity. Over 130,000 people signed the petition, which stated allowing...

Union (EU) has 24 official languages, of which three – English, French and German – were considered "procedural" languages, but this notion was abandoned...

independent language, with some influence from international signs. In 1995, LGK was granted legal recognition as the native language of the Deaf people...

tradition and historically has seen a suppression of sign language. German Sign Language was first legally recognised in The Federal Disability Equality Act...

Brazilian Sign Language (Libras) is a well-established language and legally recognized. Several dictionaries, instructional videos, and a number of articles...

The following are sign languages reported to be used by at least 10,000 people. Additional languages, such as Chinese Sign Language, are likely to have...

of recognition In April 2006, the New Zealand Government announced that New Zealand Sign Language would become New Zealand's third official language following...

As of 2025[update], 22 languages have been classified as scheduled languages under the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India. There is no national...

New Zealand Sign Language Act 2006. The purpose of the act was to create rights and obligations in the use of NZSL throughout the legal system and to...