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Sign language is a general term that some people use to refer to all types of signing. Most linguists today would agree that American Sign Language (ASL) is a natural language. There are ways of signing however, that are intended to provide visual access to English. These sign systems are invented and are more like codes than a language. Just like Braiile encodes parts of English Manually Coded English systems like Signing Exact English, Seeing Essential English and Signed English were designed to encode English words and parts of words like prefixes and suffixes. American Sign Language was not invented but evolved from a community. It's history is closely tied with French Sign Language (LSF), Martha's Vineyard Sign Language and family gestures.
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Is British Sign Language a language of its own?
It wasnt recognised until 2000 and now its IS considered a formal language
What year did sign language become an official language?
There are many different types of Sign Languages around the world. Some are considered official by an individual country's standards, others are not. American Sign Language or Ameslan, the broadest form of Sign Languages in the United States, was not entirely considered an official language until after 1960, (even though there were many deaf schools prior to that date) when a Gallaudet College Professor and Chairman of the English Department, William Stokoe published a monograph entitled "Sign Language Structure" that paved the way for the legitimization of ASL as a language. He also co-authored the "Dictionary of American Sign Language" in 1965.
Is sign language considered a foreign language?
Yes, sign language is considered a distinct language with its own grammar, syntax, and vocabulary. It is not a written or spoken language, but a visual-gestural language used by Deaf individuals and others in the Deaf community.
What sign languages are used in Africa?
Most every country in the world has its own sign language or set of sign languages. Sometimes a country borrows the sign language of another. In Africa, there are a few sign languages based on American Sign Language (ASL) due to the work of missionaries.The most common sign languages of Africa are:American Sign Language (used in various parts of Africa)Adamorobe Sign Language (Ghana)Algerian Sign Language (based on French Sign Language)Bamako Sign Language, (Mali, used mainly by adult men. Threatened by ASL)Bura Sign Language, (Nigeria)Burkina Sign Language, (Mainly in Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso)Chadian Sign Language (Chad)Dogon Sign Language (Mali)Eritrean Sign Language (Eritrea, artificially developed)Ethiopian sign languages (Ethiopia, unknown number of languages)Francophone African Sign Language (used in French speaking countries of West Africa)Gambian Sign Language (the Gambia, based on ASL)Ghanaian Sign Language (Ghana, based on ASL)Guinean Sign Language (Guinea, based on ASL)Guinea-Bissau Sign Language (Guinea-Bissau)Hausa Sign Language (Northern Nigeria - Kano State)Kenyan Sign Language (Kenya)Libyan Sign Language (Libya)Malagasy Sign Language (Madagascar, may be a dialect of Norwegian Sign Language)Mauritian Sign Language (Mauritius)Mofu-Gudur Sign Language (Cameroon, Not clear if this is a real sign language or just gestures accompanying spoken Mofu-Gudur)Moroccan Sign Language (Morocco, distantly related to ASL)Mozambican Sign Language (Mozambique)Mbour Sign Language local M'Bour (Senegal)Namibian Sign Language (Namibia)Nanabin Sign Language (Nanabin, Ghana)Nigerian Sign Language (Nigeria, based on ASL)Rwandan Sign Language (Rwanda)Sierra Leonean Sign Language (Sierra Leone, based on ASL)Somali Sign Language (Somalia, possibly based on Kenyan Sign Language)South African Sign Language (based on Irish & British SL)Sudanese sign languages (many languages, government proposal to unify local languages)Tanzanian sign languages local (seven independent languages, one for each deaf school in Tanzania, with little mutual influence)Tebul Sign Language village (used in the village of Uluban, Mali)Tunisian Sign Language (Tunisia)Ugandan Sign Language(Uganda)Yoruba Sign Language (Southwestern Nigeria)Zambian Sign Language (Zambia)Zimbabwean sign languages (a group of unrelated languages, listed in the constitution only as "sign language" as an official language
What countries speak American Sign Language?
ASL is native to the US and English-speaking Canada, but dialects are used in 19 other countries, including (with the name of the ASL dialect in parentheses):Bolivia (Bolivian Sign Language)Ghana (Ghanaian Sign Language)Nigerian Sign (Nigerian Sign Language)Senegal (Francophone African Sign Language)Mauritania (Francophone African Sign Language)Mali (Francophone African Sign Language)Guinea (Francophone African Sign Language)Ivory Coast (Francophone African Sign Language)Burkina Faso (Francophone African Sign Language)Togo (Francophone African Sign Language)Benin (Francophone African Sign Language)Niger (Francophone African Sign Language)Chad (Francophone African Sign Language)Central African Republic (Francophone African Sign Language)Gabon (Francophone African Sign Language)Republic of Congo (Francophone African Sign Language)Democratic Republic of Congo (Francophone African Sign Language)Burundi (Francophone African Sign Language)Morocco (Francophone African Sign Language)There are also Sign languages which were standardized with ASL in a kind of creole fashion. These languages are not mutually intelligible with ASL, but they are related, in the way that Haitian Creole is related to French, including:Costa Rican Sign LanguageGreek Sign LanguageJamaican Sign Language
Is British Sign Language a language of its own?
It wasnt recognised until 2000 and now its IS considered a formal language
What sign languages are spoken in Canada?
Yes. Here is a list of sign languages spoken in Canada:American Sign Language (ASL)Quebec Sign Language (LSQ)Maritime Sign LanguageInuiuukPlains Sign TalkPlateau Sign LanguageAmerican Sign Language, considered native to both Canada and the US, is the most widely spoken.
What year did sign language become an official language?
There are many different types of Sign Languages around the world. Some are considered official by an individual country's standards, others are not. American Sign Language or Ameslan, the broadest form of Sign Languages in the United States, was not entirely considered an official language until after 1960, (even though there were many deaf schools prior to that date) when a Gallaudet College Professor and Chairman of the English Department, William Stokoe published a monograph entitled "Sign Language Structure" that paved the way for the legitimization of ASL as a language. He also co-authored the "Dictionary of American Sign Language" in 1965.
Is sign language considered a foreign language?
Yes, sign language is considered a distinct language with its own grammar, syntax, and vocabulary. It is not a written or spoken language, but a visual-gestural language used by Deaf individuals and others in the Deaf community.
How many types of sign language is there?
There are so many...many different ones for each country.AfricaThere are at least 25 sign languages in Africa, according to researcher Nobutaka Kamei.[1][2][3] Some have distributions that are completely independent of those of African spoken languages. At least 13 foreign sign languages, mainly from Europe and America, have been introduced to at least 27 African nations; some of the 23 sign languages documented by Kamei have originated with or been influenced by them.* Adamorobe Sign Language (ADS) (Ghana)* Algerian Sign Language* Bamako Sign Language (in a school in Mali)* Bura Sign Language - Nigeria (PDF link)* Chadian Sign Language* Congolesian Sign Language* Egypt Sign Language* Ethiopian Sign Language* Franco-American Sign Language - a pidgin observed in Cameroon and elsewhere in West and Central Africa.* Gambian Sign Language* Ghana Sign Language (or "Ghanaian Sign Language") (GSE)* Guinean Sign Language* Hausa Sign Language "Maganar Hannu" (HSL) - Northern Nigeria (Kano State)* Kenyan Sign Language (KSL or LAK)* Libyan Sign Language* Malagasy Sign Language (or "Madagascan Sign Language")* Morroccan Sign Language* Mozambican Sign Language* Mbour Sign Language - Senegal* Namibian Sign Language* Nigerian Sign Language* Sierra Leone Sign Language* South African Sign Language (SASL)* Tanzanian Sign Language (seven independent languages, one for each deaf school in Tanzania)* Tunisian Sign Language* Uganda Sign Language (USL)* Zambian Sign Language (ZASL)* Zimbabwe Sign LanguageThe Americas* American Sign Language (ASL)* Argentine Sign Language (LSA)* Bolivian Sign Language* Brazilian Sign Language "Lingua Brasileira de Sinais" (LIBRAS)* Chilean Sign Language "Lenguaje de Señas Chileno" (LSCH)* Colombian Sign Language (CSN)* Costa Rican Sign Language (LESCO)* Cuba Sign Language* Ecuadorian Sign Language* Guatemalan Sign Language* Honduras Sign Language "Lengua de señas hondureña" (LESHO)* Maritime Sign Language* Mayan sign languages* Mexican Sign Language "Lengua de señas mexicana" (LSM)* Nicaraguan Sign Language "Idioma de señas nicaragüense" (ISN)* Quebec Sign Language "Langue des Signes Québécoise" (LSQ)* Peruvian Sign Language* Providence Island Sign Language* Salvadorian Sign Language* Uruguayan Sign Language* Urubú Sign Language* Venezuelan Sign Language "Lengua de señas venezolana" (LSV)* Yucatec Maya Sign LanguageAsia/Pacific* Auslan (Australian Sign Language)* Ban Khor Sign Language - used in the Isan region of Thailand.* Bengali Sign language* Chinese Sign Language "中国手语" (ZGS)* Filipino Sign Language "Philippine Sign Language" (PSL)* Hawaii Pidgin Sign Language* Hong Kong Sign Language "香港手語" (HKSL)* Huay Hai Sign Language (Thailand)* Indo-Pakistani Sign Language or Indian Sign Language* Indonesian Sign Language Bahasa Isyarat Indonesia (BII)* Japanese Sign Language "日本手話" (Nihon shuwa), (NS)* Kata Kolok - used in Bali* Laos Sign Language* Korean Sign Language* Malaysian Sign Language "Bahasa Isyarat Malaysia" (BIM)* Mongolian Sign Language* Na Sai Sign Language (Thailand)* Nepal Sign Language* New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL)* Old Bangkok Sign Language* Old Chiangmai Sign Language* Plaa Pag Sign Language* Penang Sign Language (used in Malaysia)* Selangor Sign Language (used in Malaysia)* Singapore Sign Language* Sri Lankan Sign Language* Taiwanese Sign Language* Tibetan Sign Language* Thai Sign Language* Vietnamese sign languages (Hanoi Sign Language, Ho Chi Minh Sign Language, Haiphong Sign Language)Europe* Albanian Sign Language "Gjuha e Shenjave Shqipe"* Armenian Sign Language* Austrian Sign Language "Österreichische Gebärdensprache" (ÖGS)* 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 "Český znakový 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)* Finland-Swedish Sign Language "finlandssvenskt teckenspråk" (Swedish) or "suomenruotsalainen viittomakieli" (Finnish)* Flemish Sign Language "Vlaamse Gebarentaal" (VGT)* French Sign Language "Langues des Signes Française" (LSF)* German Sign Language "Deutsche Gebärdensprache" (DGS)* Greek Sign Language "Ελλ ηνική Νοηματ ική Γλώσσ α" (GSL)* Hungarian Sign Language "Magyar jelnyelv"* Icelandic Sign Language "Táknmál"* 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 "Tegnspråk" (NSL)* Polish Sign Language "Polski Język Migowy" (PJM)* Portuguese Sign Language "Língua Gestual Portuguesa" (LGP)* Russian Sign Language "Russkii Zhestovyi Iazyk"* Spanish Sign Language "Lengua de signos española" (LSE)* Swedish Sign Language "Svenskt teckenspråk" (TSP)* Swiss-French Sign Language "Langage Gestuelle"* Swiss-German Sign Language "Deutschschweizer Gebärdensprache" (DSGS)* Turkish Sign Language "Türk İşaret Dili" (TİD)* Valencian Sign Language "Llengua de Signes en la Comunitat Valenciana" (LSCV)Middle East* Al-Sayyid Bedouin Sign Language (ABSL), Southern Israel* Israeli Sign Language* Persian Sign Language* Jordanian Sign Language Lughat il-Ishaarah il-Urduniah (LIU)* Kuwaiti Sign Language* Saudi Arabian Sign LanguageHistorical sign languages* BANZSL - Language family to which BSL, Auslan, and NZSL belong* Martha's Vineyard Sign Language* Old French Sign Language - Parent language of many sign languages* Old Kent Sign LanguageAuxiliary sign systems* Australian Aboriginal sign languages* Baby Sign - using signs to assist early language development in young children.* Baseball Sign - a method used in baseball and softball to communicate strategic plays without the opponent knowing* Contact Sign - a pidgin or contact language between a spoken language and a sign language, eg. Pidgin Sign English (PSE).* International Sign (previously known as Gestuno) - an auxiliary language used by deaf people in international settings.* Makaton - a system of signed communication used by and with people who have speech, language or learning difficulties.* Monastic sign language* Plains Indian Sign Language* Tic tac - a traditional British system of communicating betting odds at racecourses.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sign_languages2PtsRate Answer
What sign languages are used in Africa?
Most every country in the world has its own sign language or set of sign languages. Sometimes a country borrows the sign language of another. In Africa, there are a few sign languages based on American Sign Language (ASL) due to the work of missionaries.The most common sign languages of Africa are:American Sign Language (used in various parts of Africa)Adamorobe Sign Language (Ghana)Algerian Sign Language (based on French Sign Language)Bamako Sign Language, (Mali, used mainly by adult men. Threatened by ASL)Bura Sign Language, (Nigeria)Burkina Sign Language, (Mainly in Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso)Chadian Sign Language (Chad)Dogon Sign Language (Mali)Eritrean Sign Language (Eritrea, artificially developed)Ethiopian sign languages (Ethiopia, unknown number of languages)Francophone African Sign Language (used in French speaking countries of West Africa)Gambian Sign Language (the Gambia, based on ASL)Ghanaian Sign Language (Ghana, based on ASL)Guinean Sign Language (Guinea, based on ASL)Guinea-Bissau Sign Language (Guinea-Bissau)Hausa Sign Language (Northern Nigeria - Kano State)Kenyan Sign Language (Kenya)Libyan Sign Language (Libya)Malagasy Sign Language (Madagascar, may be a dialect of Norwegian Sign Language)Mauritian Sign Language (Mauritius)Mofu-Gudur Sign Language (Cameroon, Not clear if this is a real sign language or just gestures accompanying spoken Mofu-Gudur)Moroccan Sign Language (Morocco, distantly related to ASL)Mozambican Sign Language (Mozambique)Mbour Sign Language local M'Bour (Senegal)Namibian Sign Language (Namibia)Nanabin Sign Language (Nanabin, Ghana)Nigerian Sign Language (Nigeria, based on ASL)Rwandan Sign Language (Rwanda)Sierra Leonean Sign Language (Sierra Leone, based on ASL)Somali Sign Language (Somalia, possibly based on Kenyan Sign Language)South African Sign Language (based on Irish & British SL)Sudanese sign languages (many languages, government proposal to unify local languages)Tanzanian sign languages local (seven independent languages, one for each deaf school in Tanzania, with little mutual influence)Tebul Sign Language village (used in the village of Uluban, Mali)Tunisian Sign Language (Tunisia)Ugandan Sign Language(Uganda)Yoruba Sign Language (Southwestern Nigeria)Zambian Sign Language (Zambia)Zimbabwean sign languages (a group of unrelated languages, listed in the constitution only as "sign language" as an official language
What countries speak American Sign Language?
ASL is native to the US and English-speaking Canada, but dialects are used in 19 other countries, including (with the name of the ASL dialect in parentheses):Bolivia (Bolivian Sign Language)Ghana (Ghanaian Sign Language)Nigerian Sign (Nigerian Sign Language)Senegal (Francophone African Sign Language)Mauritania (Francophone African Sign Language)Mali (Francophone African Sign Language)Guinea (Francophone African Sign Language)Ivory Coast (Francophone African Sign Language)Burkina Faso (Francophone African Sign Language)Togo (Francophone African Sign Language)Benin (Francophone African Sign Language)Niger (Francophone African Sign Language)Chad (Francophone African Sign Language)Central African Republic (Francophone African Sign Language)Gabon (Francophone African Sign Language)Republic of Congo (Francophone African Sign Language)Democratic Republic of Congo (Francophone African Sign Language)Burundi (Francophone African Sign Language)Morocco (Francophone African Sign Language)There are also Sign languages which were standardized with ASL in a kind of creole fashion. These languages are not mutually intelligible with ASL, but they are related, in the way that Haitian Creole is related to French, including:Costa Rican Sign LanguageGreek Sign LanguageJamaican Sign Language
How do you sign Nancy in sign language?
"Nancy" in sign language would be fingerspelled
What term is used to describe someone that teaches sign language?
A sign language teacher is commonly referred to as a "sign language instructor" or "ASL (American Sign Language) teacher."
How is international sign language different from American sign language?
International Sign Language is a pidgin form of sign language used by deaf people from different countries to communicate internationally. It is not a standardized language and varies depending on the users. American Sign Language, on the other hand, is a distinct language with its own grammar and vocabulary used predominantly in the United States and parts of Canada.
How do you sign Helen Keller in sign language?
In what? American Sign Lnaguage? British Sign Language?, etc?
How do you sign igloo in sign language?
Visit the Related Link to learn how to sign igloo in sign language.
