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Sign languages have been around long before country designations. They are as old as vocal languages.

However, most countries only started recognizing them in the 19th and 20th centuries.

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How do you sign pagan in sign language?

Sign language is a visual language. However, WikiAnswers is a written medium, we cannot convey a visual answer to your question. Also there are various different sign languages and you would need to be sure that you learn the one relevant to your country.


Who are the first people to use sign language?

No one knows. Sign languages are as old as vocal languages.


Is sign language the same in different countries?

No, sign language is not the same in different countries. Each country typically has its own unique sign language that has developed over time to suit its specific needs and cultural context. Just like spoken languages, sign languages can vary greatly in vocabulary, grammar, and syntax from one country to another.


Is sign language multi-lingual?

Sign language is not universal and varies by country and region. There are different sign languages used around the world, each with its own grammar and vocabulary. Just like spoken languages, sign languages can be different from one another, so it's not accurate to classify sign language as multi-lingual.


How do you say What is for dinner in sign language?

its a compound sign you first sign FOOD... then.... NIGHT in one fluid motion FOOD-NIGHT


How many countries have their own sign language for the deaf?

Many countries have developed their own sign languages, as much out of necessity as any real national reasoning. However, not all are officially recognised as a language, mostly because they are not always standard throughout a country, but more like dialects of a sort.


What is alien language?

In respect of a country, an alien language is a language to that country would be one that is not an official language of the country or one that is not spoken by natives of that country.


Who was The first person to use sign language?

Laurent Clerc, a deaf educator from France, is often credited as one of the first people to use and promote the use of sign language in education for the deaf. He played a significant role in the development of American Sign Language (ASL) in the early 19th century.


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


How did American sign language started?

a man in America wanted to develop a method to teach sign language to the deaf. he met the dean of a sign language school in Paris. with him were two pupils, one of which went back with the first guy and started ASL


Who made sign language?

Sign languages are natural languages that develop within deaf communities, rather than being designed by any one individual. Each country may have its own unique sign language, and they evolve and are passed down through generations of deaf individuals. The origins of sign language can be traced back to the early communities of deaf individuals and their need to communicate with one another.


Who is the one who does in sign language?

In American Sign Language, the sign for "one" is formed by raising your index finger and holding it up. This sign is used when indicating the number one in counting or to emphasize singularity.