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American Sign Language (ASL) is native to the US and Canada. In addition, ASL has been brought to several other developing countries whose local sign languages were non-standardized or non-existent, including. In some cases, it's not clear whether the language is ASL or just influenced by ASL.
West AfricaThroughout West Africa, ASL-based sign languages are spoken by educated Deaf adults. These languages, imported by boarding schools, are often referred to by their country's names. The countries that use these dialects of ASL are:
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Ivory Coast
- Ghana
- Liberia
- Mauritania
- Mali
- Nigeria
- Togo
There isn't much information, so it's not clear how much of these countries' sign languages are identical to ASL.
Other Countries
ASL has been imported to the following countries, and these dialects of ASL are quite close to the American version:
- Barbados
- Bolivia
- Cambodia
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- China (Hong Kong only)
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Gabon
- Jamaica
- Kenya
- Madagascar
- Philippines
- Singapore
- Zimbabwe.
ASL is also used as a lingua franca throughout the deaf world, widely learned as a second language.
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