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  2. Legal recognition of sign languages - Wikipedia

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    In some states, the study of American Sign Language is eligible for foreign language credit at the high school level. In 2015, California became the first US state to legislate language development milestone guidance pertaining to children whose first language is a signed language.

  3. 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 ...

  4. American Sign Language - Wikipedia

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    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 nonmanual features . [ 6 ]

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

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    Egyptian Sign Language: Arab sign-language family: Native to Egypt: 474,000 (2014) [4] American Sign Language: Old French Sign Language and Martha's Vineyard Sign Language: Native to the United States and Anglophone Canada 459,850 [5] Persian Sign Language: Language isolate: Native to Iran: 325,000 (2019) [6] Turkish Sign Language: from Ottoman ...

  6. Spanish Sign Language - Wikipedia

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    Mónica speaking Spanish Sign Language. 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.

  7. Deafness in Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    The Society of the Deaf and Sign Language Users (SDSL) was founded in 2008 with the mission of advocating for sign language users in Bangladesh. [17] The SDSL aims for Bangla Sign Language users to receive the same access to information and resources as hearing people, and for all Deaf children to receive education in sign language.

  8. 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 ...

  9. Bilingual sign - Wikipedia

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    Warning sign at the fence of a military area in Turkey, in Turkish, English, French and German. A bilingual sign (or, by extension, a multilingual sign) is the representation on a panel (sign, usually a traffic sign, a safety sign, an informational sign) of texts in more than one language.