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

competence Legal recognition of sign languages List of sign languages by number of native signers Manual alphabet Sign language World Federation of the Deaf...

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

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

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

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

Inspirisles Legal recognition of sign languages Pointing Sign name ASL interpreting In particular, Martha's Vineyard Sign Language, Henniker Sign Language, and...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

with many sign languages, it is difficult to estimate numbers with any certainty, as the Census of India does not list sign languages and most studies...

most widely spoken language of the United Kingdom, but a number of regional and migrant languages are also spoken. Regional languages are Scots and Ulster...

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...

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

of the interpreter, since sign languages are distinct natural languages with their own construction and syntax, different from the aural version of the...

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...

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

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...

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

of spoken Italian: this is not Italian Sign Language, however. Some features of LIS are typical of sign languages in general, e.g. agreement between nouns...

thirty-five languages are spoken in South Africa, twelve of which are official languages of South Africa: Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, South African Sign Language, Swazi...

24 official languages, of which three – English, French and German – were considered "procedural" languages but this notion was abandoned of the European...

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

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...

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

the Recognition of Chilean Sign Language". In De Meulder, Maartje; Murray, Joseph J.; McKee, Rachel L. (eds.). The Legal Recognition of Sign Languages: Advocacy...

majority/oral languages, aside from standard language contact and borrowing, meaning grammatically the sign languages and the oral languages of Europe are...