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  2. List of sign languages - Wikipedia

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    (a.k.a. Bali Sign Language, Benkala Sign Language) Laotian Sign Language (related to Vietnamese languages; may be more than one SL) Korean Sign Language (KSDSL) Japanese "한국수어 (or 한국수화)" / "Hanguk Soo-hwa" Korean standard sign language – manually coded spoken Korean. Macau Sign Language: Shanghai Sign Language "澳門手語 ...

  3. Sign language - Wikipedia

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    One example of sign language variation in the deaf community is Black ASL. This sign language was developed in the black deaf community as a variant during the American era of segregation and racism, where young black deaf students were forced to attend separate schools than their white deaf peers. [101]

  4. Varieties of American Sign Language - Wikipedia

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    Nigerian Sign Language (NSL) is the national sign language of deaf people in Nigeria, however, Nigeria does not have a national sign language yet. ASL (with a possible mix of Signed English) was introduced in 1960, a few years after Ghanaian Sign Language , by Andrew Foster , a deaf African-American missionary, thereby raising a signing system ...

  5. Village sign language - Wikipedia

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    Village sign languages have historically appeared and disappeared as communities have shifted, and many are unknown or undescribed. Attested examples include: [5] Adamorobe Sign Language, Nanabin Sign Language (Ghana)

  6. American Sign Language - Wikipedia

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    American Sign Language (ASL) is a natural language [5] that serves as the predominant sign language of Deaf communities in the United States and most of Anglophone Canada. ASL is a complete and organized visual language that is expressed by employing both manual and nonmanual features . [ 6 ]

  7. Classifier constructions in sign languages - Wikipedia

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    The sign for BAT and DARK are identical in British Sign Language; they're also both articulated at the face. This may be used for poetic effect. For example, likening bats with darkness by using an entity classifier showing a bat flying at the face. [116] Classifiers may also be used in expressively characterizing animals or non-human objects ...

  8. Signing Exact English - Wikipedia

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    The reason SEE-II signs vary from ASL is to add clarity so that the exact English word meant for the conversation is understood. For example- the sign for "car" in ASL is two "S" hands gesturing as if they are holding onto and moving a steering wheel. This is the same sign used for any automobile controlled by a steering wheel.

  9. Category:Sign languages - Wikipedia

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    sign language: Dewey Decimal: 419: Universal Decimal: 811'221.24: Sign languages are forms of non-verbal communication primarily used by the deaf and hearing-persons ...

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