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n language village only prevalent in san julian and unrelated to mainstream fsl samoan sign language auslan selangor sign language asl malaysia sinasina sign language village png not clear if developed singapore sign language asl shanghainese sign language a blend of asl see2 shanghainese sign language and locally developed signs solomon islands sign language sri lankan sign languages local 14 deaf schools with different languages taiwanese sign language japanese 臺灣手語 taiwan ziran shouyu tibetan sign language local thai sign language asl tsl แบบสะกดนิ้วมือไทย incl hai yai vietnamese sign languages local hanoi sign language ho chi minh sign language haiphong sign language some may be related to some of the thai languages wanib sign language village png yogyakarta sign language asl malaysian indonesian a variety of indonesian sign language yolŋu sign language local europe edit language origin notes and local name albanian sign language gjuha e shenjave shqipe armenian sign language isolate azerbaijani sign language french austro hungarian azərbaycan işarət dili ai̇d austrian sign language french austro hungarian österreichische gebärdensprache ögs british sign language british bsl bulgarian sign language french austro hungarian russian български жестомимичен език balgarski zhestomimichen ezik bzhe catalan sign language catalan or catalonian sign language llengua de signes catalana lsc croatian sign language french austro hungarian yugoslav croslan hrvatski znakovni jezik hzj 14 czech sign language french austro hungarian český znakový jazyk čzj cypriot sign language asl gsl κυπριακή νοηματική γλώσσα csl 15 kypriaki noimatiki glossa danish sign language french dansk tegnsprog dts dutch sign language french nederlandse gebarentaal ngt estonian sign language eesti viipekeel finnish sign language swedish suomalainen viittomakieli svk finland swedish sign language swedish finlandssvenskt teckenspråk swedish or suomenruotsalainen viittomakieli finnish a single swedish school in finland now closed flemish sign language belgian vlaamse gebarentaal vgt french sign language langues des signes française lsf georgian sign language german sign language german deutsche gebärdensprache dgs greek sign language french asl mix ελληνική νοηματική γλώσσα gsl elliniki noimatiki glossa hungarian sign language magyar jelnyelv icelandic sign language french danish íslenskt táknmál irish sign language french teanga chomharthaíochta na héireann isl isg and tcé italian sign language french lingua dei segni italiana lis kosovar sign language french austro hungarian yugoslav gjuha e shenjave kosovare gjshk latvian sign language french latviešu zīmju valoda lithuanian sign language lietuvių gestų kalba macedonian sign language french austro hungarian yugoslav македонски знаковен јазик makedonski znakoven jazik maltese sign language lingwi tas sinjali maltin lsm northern ireland sign language british mixed norwegian sign language french danish norsk tegnspråk nts polish sign language old french german polski język migowy pjm portuguese sign language swedish língua gestual portuguesa lgp romanian sign language french limbaj mimico gestual românesc lmg russian sign language french austro hungarian russkiy zhestovyi yazyk русский жестовый язык slovakian sign language slovenský posunkový jazyk slovenian sign language french austro hungarian yugoslav slovenski znakovni jezik szj spanish sign language french lengua de signos española lse swedish sign language swedish svenskt teckenspråk sts swiss french sign language french langage gestuelle swiss german sign language french deutschschweizer gebärdensprache dsgs swiss italian sign language french turkish sign language isolate türk i̇şaret dili ti̇d ukrainian sign language french українська жестова мова ужм ukrainska zhestova mova valencian sign language llengua de signes en la comunitat valenciana lscv walloon sign language belgian langue des signes de belgique francophone lsfb yugoslav sign language french austro hungarian near east edit language origin notes al sayyid bedouin sign language village absl negev israel central taurus sign language village turkey egyptian sign language arab emirati sign language arab ghardaia sign language village algerian jewish sign language deaf hearing algeria israel iraqi sign language arab لغة الاشارة العراقية perhaps close to levantine israeli sign language large lexical base from dgs שפת סימנים ישראלית שס י shasi jordanian sign language arab levantine lughat il ishaarah il urduniah لغة الاشارة الأردنية liu kafr qasem sign language arab village kafr qasim israel kurdish sign language local zhk kuwaiti sign language arab لغة الاشارة الكويتية lebanese sign language arab levantine lughat al isharat al lubnaniya لغة الإشارات اللبنانية mardin sign language family one extended family in turkey 16 omani sign language arab palestinian sign language arab levantine لغة الاشارات الفلسطينية persian sign language persian زبان اشاره پارسى qahvehkhaneh sign language urban tehran moribund qatari unified sign language artificial arab unclear what the qatari deaf community actually uses an artificial attempt to standardize all arab sign languages has resulted in a variety used mainly by hearing qatari interpreters saudi sign language isolate لغة الإشارة السعودية seraglio sign language ottoman court syrian sign language arab levantine yemeni sign language arab لغة الإشارة اليمنية historical deaf sign languages edit henniker sign language martha s vineyard sign language old french sign language ancestral to the french family old kent sign language used in kent villages in the 17th century later incorporated into the british sign language sandy river valley sign language auxiliary sign languages edit baby sign using signs to assist early language development in young children contact sign a pidgin or contact language between a spoken language and a sign language e g pidgin sign english pse curwin hand signs a technique which allows musical notes to be communicated through hand signs international sign previously known as gestuno an auxiliary language used by deaf people in international settings makaton a system of signed communication used by and with people who have speech language or learning difficulties mofu gudur sign language conventional gestures used by speakers of mofu gudur a chadic language spoken in northern cameroon monastic sign language sign languages used in christian monasteries in europe signalong international sign assisted communication techniques used to support children and adults with communication or learning difficulties manual modes of spoken languages edit further information manually coded language manual modes of spoken languages include general cued speech a hand mouth system hms to render spoken language phonemes visually intelligible fingerspelling alphabetic signs to represent the written form of a spoken language english manually coded english signing exact english see2 makaton malay bahasa malaysia kod tangan bmkt speech taboo languages caucasian sign language australian aboriginal sign languages though yolŋu sign language does not correspond to any one language and doubles as a language of the deaf genetic classification of sign languages edit main article sign language classification languages are assigned families implying a genetic relationships between these languages as british swedish perhaps a branch of bsl french with branches asl american austro hungarian danish italian german japanese and language isolates banzsl family tree old british sign language c 1760 1900 maritime sl c 1860 present swedish sl family c 1800 present papua ng sl c 1990 present fiji sign language auslan c 1860 present new zealand sl c 1870 present british sl c 1900 present northern ireland sl c 1920 present south african sl c 1860 present danish sign language family tree french sign c 1760 present local home sign danish sign c 1800 present faroese sign c 1960 present greenlandic sign c 1950 present icelandic sign c 1910 present norwegian sign c 1820 present malagasy sign c 1950 present french sign language family tree old french sign language influenced by l epée c 1760 1789 french sign language c 1790 present belgian sign language c 1790 2000 dutch sign language c 1790 present austro hungarian sign language c 1780 1920 american sign language c 1820 present french belgian sign language c 1970 present flemish sign language c 1970 present italian sign language c 1830 present austrian sign language c 1800 present slovak sign language czech sign language c 1786 present hungarian sign language ukrainian sign language c 1805 present russian sign language c 1806 present yugoslav sign language c 1840 present bhutanese sign language black american sign language bolivian sign language costa rican sign language jamaican sign language puerto rican sign language dominican sign language swedish sign language family tree old british sign language c 1760 1900 swedish sign language c 1800 present portuguese sign language c 1820 present finnish sign language c 1850 present cape verdian sign language c 20th century present finland swedish sign language c 1850 present eritrean sign language c 1950 present são tomé and príncipe sign language c 21st century present see also edit contact sign intercultural competence legal recognition of sign languages list of sign languages by number of native signers manual alphabet sign language world federation of the deaf references edit woodward james 1991 the relationship of sign language varieties in india pakistan and nepal sign language studies 78 15 22 parkhurst stephen parkhurst dianne 1998 introduction to sign language survey notes on sociolinguistics 3 215 42 ciupek reed julia 2012 participatory methods in sociolinguistic sign language survey a case study in el salvador pdf ma thesis university of north dakota archived from the original pdf on 2014 03 26 retrieved 2012 09 10 aldersson russell r mcentee atalianis lisa j 2007 a 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languages dictionaries signes du monde directory for all online sign languages dictionaries in french and english v t e sign language list of sign languages list by number of signers language families a sign languages by family australian aboriginal multiple families c diyari djingili eltye eltyarrenke iltyeme iltyeme jaralde kalkutungu miriwoong mudburra pitha pitha rdaka rdaka umpila far north queensland warlmanpa warluwara warramunga worora kinship yan nhaŋu yir yoront yolŋu western desert kartutjarra manjiljarra ngaatjatjarra zendath kesign meriam western torres strait islander arab ishaaric egyptian kuwaiti libyan qatari unified yemeni iraqi levantine iraqi levantine jordanian lebanese palestinian syrian possible emirati saudi omani chinese sign chinese csl zgs shanghai hong kong hksl macau chilean paraguayan uruguayan sign chilean lsch paraguayan uruguayan sign paraguay lspy uruguay lsu francosign algerian lsa swiss german dsgs estonian eesti viipekeel irish isl australian irish brazilian libras lithuanian catalan lsc valencian lsv french lsf old french c romanian lsr american aslic american asl black asl basl protactile bolivian burmese yangon mandalay cambodian costa rican dominican guyanese jamaican malaysian bim panamanian filipino fsl puerto rican prsl singapore sgsl indonesian nusantaric indonesian bisindo jakarta yogyakarta francophone african françafrosign ethiopian chadian ghanaian guinean bamako lasima moroccan nigerian sierra leonean mixed hand talk oneida osl mixed hoailona ʻōlelo creole hawaiʻi sign language chsl mixed french lsf greek ενγ eng cypriot κνγ kng quebec lsq austro hungarian czech čzj hungarian magyar jelnyev austrian ögs slovak spj ukrainian ужм usl russian sign azerbaijani ai̇d bulgarian бже georgian kazakh russian ksl krsl latvian lsl mongolian russian ржя yugoslavic sign croatian hzj kosovar serbian slovenian yugoslav ysl dutch sign dutch ngt gambian italian sign italian lis tunisian tsl mexican sign mexican lsm honduran lesho old belgian flemish vgt french belgian lsfb danish tegnic malagasy icelandic táknmál norwegian tegnspråk danish tegnsprog faroese teknmál viet thai hai phong hanoi ho chi minh thai tsl mstsl hand talk great basin northeast plains sign talk southeast southwest mixed american asl oneida osl plateau a aninin kalispel ktunaxa ʾa qanⱡiⱡⱡitnam nesilextcl n shuswap secwepemcékst sqeliz indo pakistani sign bangalore madras beluchistan bengali bombay calcutta delhi nepali north west frontier province punjab sindh japanese sign japanese jsl nihon shuwa korean ksl hanguk sueo taiwanese tsl taiwan shouyu kentish c old kentish chilmark martha s vineyard mvsl maya meemul tziij meemul ch aab al highland maya yucatec chicán nohkop nohya trascorral cepeda peraza nw eurosign banzsl auslan papua new guinean pngsl british bsl northern ireland nisl fijian fsl maritime msl new zealand nzsl samoan south african sasl swedish sign eritrean erisl finland swedish finssl portuguese lgp cape verdian lgc são tomé and príncipean lgstp swedish...