More than 70 million Deaf people worldwide use sign language as an official language. Each country has its own sign language, such as American Sign Language in the United States and British Sign Language in the United Kingdom.
More than 70 million Deaf people worldwide use sign language as an official language. Each country has its own sign language, such as American Sign Language in the United States and British Sign Language in the United Kingdom.
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No, sign language is not universal. There are different sign languages used around the world, each with its own grammar and vocabulary. For example, American Sign Language (ASL) is different from British Sign Language (BSL) or Australian Sign Language (Auslan).
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No. American Sign Language is only spoken by about 500,000 people in North America and by unknown numbers outside North America.
American Sign Language is the most widely spoken sign language in the world, but there are more than 100 major sign languages, and most deaf people in the world speak a language other than ASL.
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No, it is more appropriate to say "communicate in sign language" as sign language is a visual-gestural language and not spoken.
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No, flipping someone off is not a part of formal sign language used by the Deaf community for communication. It is considered offensive and disrespectful in most cultures and is not used as a gesture in sign language.