First we need to consider whether or not you mean a Foreign language to a speaking person or a Foreign language to a signing person in a different country that you.

A SIGNING PERSON TO ANOTHER SIGNING PERSON:

It depends. If you are speaking American sign language to someone who speaks a different sign language, then yes. However if you are speaking ASL (American Sign Language) to someone American, it won't be.

Here is a list of European sign languages (taken from: www.signtogether.co.uk)

Armenian Sign Language

Austrian Sign Language "?sterreichische Geb?rdensprache" (?GS)

Belgian-French Sign Language "Langue des Signes de Belgique Francophone" (LSFB)

British Sign Language (BSL)

Bulgarian Sign Language

Catalan Sign Language (or "Catalonian Sign Language") "Llengua de Signes Catalana" (LSC)

Croatian Sign Language (Croslan) "Hrvatskog Znakovnog Jezika" (HZJ)

Czech Sign Language "Česk? znakov? jazyk" (CZJ)

Danish Sign Language "Tegnsprog"

Dutch Sign Language "Nederlandse Gebarentaal" (NGT), also commonly known as "Sign Language of the Netherlands" (SLN)

Estonian Sign Language "Eesti viipekeel"

Finnish Sign Language "Suomalainen viittomakieli" (SVK)

Flemish Sign Language "Vlaamse Gebarentaal" (VGT)

French Sign Language "Langues des Signes Fran?ais" (LSF)

German Sign Language "Deutsche Geb?rdensprache" (DGS)

Greek Sign Language "Ελληνική Νοηματική Γλώσσα" (GSL)

Hungarian Sign Language "Magyar jelnyelv"

Icelandic Sign Language "T?knm?l"

Irish Sign Language (ISL)

Italian Sign Language "Lingua dei Segni Italiana" (LIS)

Lithuanian Sign Language "Lietuvių gestų kalba"

Maltese Sign Language "Lingwi tas-Sinjali Maltin" (LSM)

Northern Ireland Sign Language (NISL)

Norwegian Sign Language "Tegnspr?k" (NSL)

Polish Sign Language "Polski Język Migowy" (PJM)

Portuguese Sign Language "L?ngua Gestual Portuguesa" (LGP)

Russian Sign Language "Russkii Zhestovyi Iazyk"

Spanish Sign Language "Lengua de signos espa?ola" (LSE)

Swedish Sign Language "Svenskt teckenspr?k" (TSP)

Swiss-French Sign Language "Langage Gestuelle"

Swiss-German Sign Language "Deutschschweizer Geb?rdensprache" (DSGS)

Turkish Sign Language "T?rk İşaret Dili" (TİD)

Valencian Sign Language "Llengua de Signes en la Comunitat Valenciana" (LSCV)

---- A SIGNING PERSON TO A NON-SIGNING PERSON: No. Sign language is a language that is simply a different way of communicating the spoken word of the country's language where the signing person resides. They are the same language, just delivered differently.

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