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- DictionaryA·mer·i·can Sign Lan·guage/əˈmerəkən sīn ˈlaNGɡwij/
noun
- 1. a form of sign language developed in the US and used also in English-speaking parts of Canada.
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American Sign Language (ASL) is a natural language 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. Besides North America, dialects of ASL and ASL-based creoles are used in many countries around the world, including m... Wikipedia