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On the right hand make a "C" shape with thumb and forefinger. Then hold out the arm away from the body bring the "C" shape to you (this signs the c is becoming closer to you) Then "What" is signed by right hand with index finger (pointing finger) at head height (palm facing away toward the person you talk to) and then move the hand left and right like 3 to 4 times. This is "What" . "May" id signed as "M" on the palm (index, middle and ring finger of right hand) taps the palm of the left = "M" then sign "Y" which is the index finger of the right hand moving down the bacl of the left thumb between the thumb and left index finger to form a "Y". This is most common for "may" put all three signs together and that is come what may. However, its not usual to have this sign as the deaf/sign language users do not always use such a phrase
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Is New Zealand Sign Language the same as British sign language?
It's similar but not completely alike. New Zealand uses a mixture of British, Australian, New Zealand and Maori sign language, and is actually called BANZSL British, Australian and New Zealand Sign Language). BANZSL is 62.5% similar to British Sign Language (about the same similarity as German and English.)
What countries that have their own sign language?
Some countries that have their own sign languages include the United States (American Sign Language), United Kingdom (British Sign Language), Japan (Japanese Sign Language), and France (Langue des signes française). Each country may have variations in their sign language, just like spoken languages have dialects.
What sign languages are spoken in Ireland?
Irish Sign Language (ISL) is the main sign language used in Ireland. However, some people may also use other sign languages such as American Sign Language (ASL) or British Sign Language (BSL) due to personal preferences or exposure to different sign languages.
Is Korean Sign Language similar to American Sign Language?
British and American use the same spoken language, English. Yet the two sign languages, British Sign Language and American Sign Language are entirely different. Korean and American spoken languages are entirely different, and the sign language system is just as different.
Which language is used by the people who cannot speak and hear?
Sign languages are typically used by deaf people. There are about 100 major sign languages in the world.The most widely spoken sign language in the world is American Sign Language, spoken by about 500,000 people.
Is New Zealand Sign Language the same as British sign language?
It's similar but not completely alike. New Zealand uses a mixture of British, Australian, New Zealand and Maori sign language, and is actually called BANZSL British, Australian and New Zealand Sign Language). BANZSL is 62.5% similar to British Sign Language (about the same similarity as German and English.)
Is sign language universally the same or individually different as is spoken language?
Sign languages are as individually different as spoken languages, and, as an interesting side note, sign languages for dialects of the same spoken language may not be related. British Sign Language and American Sign Language are in no way mutually intelligible.
What countries that have their own sign language?
Some countries that have their own sign languages include the United States (American Sign Language), United Kingdom (British Sign Language), Japan (Japanese Sign Language), and France (Langue des signes française). Each country may have variations in their sign language, just like spoken languages have dialects.
What sign languages are spoken in Ireland?
Irish Sign Language (ISL) is the main sign language used in Ireland. However, some people may also use other sign languages such as American Sign Language (ASL) or British Sign Language (BSL) due to personal preferences or exposure to different sign languages.
Is Korean Sign Language similar to American Sign Language?
British and American use the same spoken language, English. Yet the two sign languages, British Sign Language and American Sign Language are entirely different. Korean and American spoken languages are entirely different, and the sign language system is just as different.
Which language is used by the people who cannot speak and hear?
Sign languages are typically used by deaf people. There are about 100 major sign languages in the world.The most widely spoken sign language in the world is American Sign Language, spoken by about 500,000 people.
British sign language how does it differ from Asl?
British Sign Language (BSL) and American Sign Language (ASL) are two distinct sign languages with different signs, grammar, and syntax. BSL is primarily used in the United Kingdom, while ASL is used in North America. The fingerspelling alphabet and some signs may vary between the two languages.
Is there any demand for British Sign Language interpreting or teaching in America?
There are some options but they are very limited as the USA has its own version of bsl (ASL) which have teachers and interpreters for. Some can learn both and work between the both but again these are limited.
Does every language have its own sign language?
No, not every language has its own sign language. Sign languages are unique and separate from spoken languages, and different countries may have their own sign languages.
Does every language have its own sign language?
Many do. Most signing systems used for communication developed in isolation in their respective countries and so those systems developed different signs meaning different things. Knowing that, it is always fascinating to find similar signs for the same words across different sign languages such as the sign for baby which is a rocking motion with your arms in front of you. This sign is the same for, at least, American Sign Language and British Sign Language. An interesting note: American sign language is most closely related to French sign language as the first prominent teacher of deaf children in America was brought here from France.
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
Is Australian sign language the same as American sign language?
No, Australian Sign Language (Auslan) is a distinct language with its own grammar and vocabulary, while American Sign Language (ASL) is a separate language used in the United States and parts of Canada. Though there may be some similarities due to shared origins, they are not the same.
