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British Sign Language. British Sign Language ( BSL) is a sign language used in the United Kingdom and is the first or preferred language among the deaf community in the UK. While private correspondence from William Stokoe hinted at a formal name for the language in 1960, [4] the first usage of the term "British Sign Language" in an academic ...
Brazilian Sign Language (Libras) is a well-established language and legally recognized. [3] Several dictionaries, instructional videos, and a number of articles on the linguistic nuances of the language have been published. It is a natural language of Brazil, but it exhibits influences of French Sign Language, therefore sharing similarities with other sign languages across Europe and the ...
Israeli Sign Language. Language codes. ISO 639-3. isr. Glottolog. isra1236. Israeli Sign Language, also known as Shassi [2] or ISL, is the most commonly used sign language by the Deaf community of Israel. Some other sign languages are also used in Israel, among them Al-Sayyid Bedouin Sign Language .
Austro-Hungarian Sign. Austrian Sign Language. Language codes. ISO 639-3. asq. Glottolog. aust1252. Austrian Sign Language ( German: Österreichische Gebärdensprache, ÖGS) is the sign language used by the Austrian Deaf community—approximately 10,000 people (see Krausneker 2006).
Dutch Sign Language ( Dutch: Nederlandse Gebarentaal or NGT; Sign Language of the Netherlands or SLN) is the predominant sign language used by deaf people in the Netherlands . Although the same spoken Dutch language is used in the Netherlands and Flanders, the Dutch Sign Language (NGT) is not the same as Flemish Sign Language (VGT).
In several states, it is the third-most spoken language, behind English and Spanish. To maintain the language for later generations, Vietnamese speakers have established many language centers and coordinated with public school systems to teach Vietnamese to students who are born and raised in the United States.
Clark notes that Peruvian, Bolivian, Ecuadorian and Colombian sign languages "have significant lexical similarities to each other" and "contain a certain degree of lexical influence from ASL" as well, at least going by the forms in national dictionaries. [2] Chilean and Argentinian share these traits, though to a lesser extent.
