American Sign Language (ASL) developed in the United States, starting as a blend of local sign languages and French Sign Language (FSL). Local varieties... 25 KB (2,742 words) - 17:25, 19 April 2024 |
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... 28 KB (995 words) - 20:48, 21 March 2024 |
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. While... 38 KB (4,408 words) - 09:30, 2 April 2024 |
The recorded history of sign language in Western societies starts in the 17th century, as a visual language or method of communication, although references... 16 KB (1,952 words) - 15:11, 7 March 2024 |
Filipino Sign Language (FSL) or Philippine Sign Language (Filipino: Wikang pasenyas ng mga Pilipino), is a sign language originating in the Philippines... 14 KB (1,369 words) - 18:45, 11 April 2024 |
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... 21 KB (2,569 words) - 04:28, 12 February 2024 |
Sign Language (LSF, from langue des signes française) or Francosign family is a language family of sign languages which includes French Sign Language... 8 KB (900 words) - 01:16, 14 April 2024 |
Sign Language (IPSL) is the predominant sign language in the subcontinent of South Asia, used by at least 15 million deaf signers. As with many sign languages... 28 KB (3,438 words) - 23:57, 2 April 2024 |
Plains Indian Sign Language (PISL), also known as Hand Talk or Plains Sign Language, is an endangered language common to various Plains Nations across... 30 KB (2,992 words) - 09:13, 8 February 2024 |
Nicaraguan Sign Language (ISN; Spanish: Idioma de Señas de Nicaragua) is a form of sign language developed by deaf children in a number of schools in... 24 KB (3,254 words) - 14:43, 15 April 2024 |
Dutch Sign Language (Dutch: Nederlandse Gebarentaal or NGT; Sign Language of the Netherlands or SLN) is the predominant sign language used by deaf people... 9 KB (917 words) - 00:36, 26 March 2024 |
French Sign Language is related and partially ancestral to Dutch Sign Language (NGT), Flemish Sign Language (VGT), Belgian-French Sign Language (LSFB)... 5 KB (564 words) - 22:57, 15 November 2023 |
Czech Sign Language is the sign language of the deaf community in the Czech Republic. It presumably emerged around the time of the first deaf school in... 1 KB (84 words) - 13:28, 21 October 2023 |
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... 4 KB (423 words) - 19:33, 3 June 2023 |
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... 12 KB (1,432 words) - 10:09, 12 November 2023 |
Hawaiʻi Sign Language or Hawaiian Sign Language (HSL; Hawaiian: Hoailona ʻŌlelo o Hawaiʻi), also known as Hoailona ʻŌlelo, Old Hawaiʻi Sign Language and Hawaiʻi... 13 KB (1,260 words) - 02:49, 21 April 2024 |
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... 5 KB (493 words) - 03:01, 21 January 2024 |
Russian Sign Language (RSL) is the sign language used by the Deaf community in Russia, with what is possibly additional presence in Belarus and Tajikistan... 15 KB (1,729 words) - 12:29, 7 April 2024 |
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... 12 KB (1,450 words) - 04:23, 1 March 2024 |
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... 3 KB (286 words) - 17:29, 7 March 2023 |
South African Sign Language (SASL, Afrikaans: Suid-Afrikaanse Gebaretaal) is the primary sign language used by deaf people in South Africa. The South African... 24 KB (2,522 words) - 03:08, 31 December 2023 |
Israeli Sign Language, also known as Shassi or ISL, is the most commonly used sign language by the Deaf community of Israel. Some other sign languages are... 7 KB (891 words) - 13:56, 26 January 2024 |
Indonesian Sign Language, or Bahasa Isyarat Indonesia (BISINDO), is any of several related deaf sign languages of Indonesia, at least on the island of... 2 KB (220 words) - 00:15, 22 January 2023 |