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  2. Sign language - Wikipedia

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    Preservation of the Sign Language, George W. Veditz (1913) Sign languages (also known as signed languages) are languages that use the visual-manual modality to convey meaning, instead of spoken words. Sign languages are expressed through manual articulation in combination with non-manual markers. Sign languages are full-fledged natural ...

  3. American Sign Language - Wikipedia

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    Areas where ASL is in significant use alongside another sign language. American Sign Language (ASL) is a natural language [5] that serves as the predominant sign language of deaf communities in the United States and most of Anglophone Canada. ASL is a complete and organized visual language that is expressed by employing both manual and ...

  4. History of sign language - Wikipedia

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    History of sign language. The recorded history of sign language in Western societies starts in the 17th century, as a visual language or method of communication, although references to forms of communication using hand gestures date back as far as 5th century BC Greece. Sign language is composed of a system of conventional gestures, mimic, hand ...

  5. International Sign - Wikipedia

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    International Sign (IS) is a pidgin sign language [1] which is used in a variety of different contexts, particularly as an international auxiliary language at meetings such as the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) congress, in some [2] European Union settings, [3] [4] [5] and at some UN conferences, [3] [5] [6] at events such as the Deaflympics, the Miss & Mister Deaf World, and Eurovision ...

  6. List of sign languages - Wikipedia

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    Eritrean Sign Language. creole. Eswatini Sign Language. Irish, British, & local. Ethiopian sign languages. 1 million signers of an unknown number of languages. Francophone African Sign Language. ASL & spoken French. The development of ASL in Francophone West Africa.

  7. Baby sign language - Wikipedia

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    Baby sign language is the use of manual signing allowing infants and toddlers to communicate emotions, desires, and objects prior to spoken language development. [1][2] With guidance and encouragement, signing develops from a natural stage in infant development known as gesture. [3] These gestures are taught in conjunction with speech to ...

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