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  2. List of sign languages - Wikipedia

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    Language Origin Notes American Sign Language: United States and Canada: ASL is also officially recognized as a language in Canada due to the passage of Bill C-81, the Accessible Canada Act. Black American Sign Language is a dialect of ASL. Argentine Sign Language: Spain and Italy [citation needed] (Lengua de Señas Argentina – LSA) Bay ...

  3. List of sign languages by number of native signers - Wikipedia

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    Spanish Sign Language: French Sign Language family or Language isolate (disputed) Spain except Catalonia and Valencia: Officially recognized by Spanish Government: 523,000 (2017) Egyptian Sign Language: Arab sign-language family: Egypt: 474,000 (2014) [4] American Sign Language: Old French Sign Language and Martha's Vineyard Sign Language

  4. Polish Sign Language - Wikipedia

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    Polish Sign Language (Polish: Polski język migowy, PJM) is the language of the deaf community in Poland. Polish Sign Language uses a distinctive one-handed manual alphabet based on the alphabet used in Old French Sign Language and therefore appears to be related to French Sign Language .

  5. Languages of Poland - Wikipedia

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    The Polish Sign Language is the language of the deaf community in Poland. It descends from German Sign Language . Its lexicon and grammar are distinct from the Polish language , although there is a manually coded version of Polish known as System Językowo-Migowy (SJM, or Signed Polish), which is often used by interpreters on television and by ...

  6. Varieties of American Sign Language - Wikipedia

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    American Sign Language (ASL) developed in the United States, starting as a blend of local sign languages and French Sign Language (FSL). [1] Local varieties have developed in many countries, but there is little research on which should be considered dialects of ASL (such as Bolivian Sign Language) and which have diverged to the point of being ...

  7. Change your language or location preferences in AOL

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    By setting your preferred language and location, you can stay informed with the latest local headlines, weather forecast and date formats displayed. 1. Login to your AOL account. 2. Click your profile to access your Account info. 3. From the Language menu, select your desired language and region. Still need help?

  8. Spanish Sign Language - Wikipedia

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    Spanish Sign Language (Spanish: Lengua de Signos Española, LSE) is a sign language used mainly by deaf people in Spain and the people who live with them. Although there are not many reliable statistics, it is estimated that there are over 100,000 speakers, 20-30% of whom use it as a second language.

  9. American Sign Language phonology - Wikipedia

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    Sign languages such as American Sign Language (ASL) are characterized by phonological processes analogous to those of oral languages. Phonemes serve the same role between oral and signed languages, the main difference being oral languages are based on sound and signed languages are spatial and temporal. [1]