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Deaf sign languages, which are the preferred languages of Deaf communities around the world; these include village sign languages, shared with the hearing community, and Deaf-community sign languages Auxiliary sign languages , which are not native languages but sign systems of varying complexity, used alongside spoken languages.
French Sign Language is frequently, though mistakenly, attributed to the work of Charles Michel de l'Épée (l'abbé de l'Épée). In fact, he is said to have discovered the already existing language by total accident; having ducked into a nearby house to escape the rain, he fell upon a pair of deaf twin sisters and was struck by the richness ...
The interpretation flow is normally between a sign language and a spoken language that are customarily used in the same country, such as French Sign Language (LSF) and spoken French in France, Spanish Sign Language (LSE) to spoken Spanish in Spain, British Sign Language (BSL) and spoken English in the U.K., and American Sign Language (ASL) and ...
Signed French (français signé) is any of at least three manually coded forms of French that apply the words (signs) of a national sign language to French word order or grammar. In France, Signed French uses the signs of French Sign Language ; the Belgium system uses the signs of French Belgian Sign Language , and in Canada the signs of Quebec ...
Brazilian Sign Language: French Sign Language family: Brazil: Legally recognized in Brazil, on April 24, 2002 under Law 10.436 [3] 600,000 (2019) Ethiopian sign languages: Ethiopian sign language family Ethiopia: 560,000 (2021) Spanish Sign Language: French Sign Language family or Language isolate (disputed) Spain except Catalonia and Valencia
Also excluded are words that come from French but were introduced into English via another language, e.g. commodore, domineer, filibuster, ketone, loggia, lotto, mariachi, monsignor, oboe, paella, panzer, picayune, ranch, vendue, and veneer. English words of French origin should be distinguished from French words and expressions in English.
Sign languages are forms of non-verbal communication primarily used by the deaf and hearing-persons associated with the Deaf community. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sign languages . Subcategories
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