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  2. Sign language - Wikipedia

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    Madsen, Willard J. (1982), Intermediate Conversational Sign Language. Gallaudet University Press. ISBN 978-0-913580-79-0. O'Reilly, S. (2005). Indigenous Sign Language and Culture; the interpreting and access needs of Deaf people who are of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander in Far North Queensland. Sponsored by ASLIA, the Australian Sign ...

  3. Washoe (chimpanzee) - Wikipedia

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    Washoe (c. September 1965 – October 30, 2007) was a female common chimpanzee who was the first non-human to learn to communicate using signs adapted from American Sign Language (ASL) as part of an animal research experiment on animal language acquisition.

  4. List of sign languages - Wikipedia

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    Korean standard sign language – manually coded spoken Korean. Macau Sign Language: Shanghai Sign Language "澳門手語" (MSL). Derives from the southern dialect of CSL. Malaysian Sign Language: ASL "Bahasa Isyarat Malaysia" (BIM) Maldivian Sign Language (Dhivehi Sign Language) Indian, ASL Maunabudhuk–Bodhe Sign Language: village: Nepal ...

  5. Shaka sign - Wikipedia

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    The "shaka" sign. The shaka sign, sometimes known as "hang loose" is a gesture with friendly intent often associated with Hawaii and surf culture.It consists of extending the thumb and smallest finger while holding the three middle fingers curled, and gesturing in salutation while presenting the front or back of the hand; the wrist may be rotated back and forth for emphasis.

  6. Koko (gorilla) - Wikipedia

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    She demonstrated that Koko was able to communicate using a number of signs adapted from American Sign Language. Gorillas have thick, stubby fingers and hands that move differently than humans, so Koko was unable to make some ASL signs. Francine Patterson used the term "Gorilla Sign Language" to refer to Koko's adaptations. [21]

  7. List of sign languages by number of native signers - Wikipedia

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    Russian Sign Language: French Sign Language family: Native to Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Bulgaria, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania: 715,000 (2014) [2] Brazilian Sign Language: French Sign Language family: Legally recognized by law (10.436) in Brazil, on April 24, 2002 [3] 600,000 (2019) Spanish Sign Language: possibly French Sign ...

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  9. 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 ]