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14/08/09
Sign language
It does not matter which language a person speaks, so long as they can communicate with other people. Many young people who are deaf learn a language that uses the hands, the face and the upper part of the body to communicate. This is called sign language. Sign languages are completely different from the spoken language of a country. They have their own grammar and word order. Different countries use different sign languages. Even though countries like the UK and the USA use the same spoken language, they have different sign languages.
Sign languages across the world
- British Sign Language (BSL) is the most frequently used sign language in Britain. BSL is used by about 70,000 people. It has its own grammar and word order that are not the same as spoken English.
- American Sign Language (ASL) is used by more than half a million deaf people in the USA.
- The sign language of Australia’s deaf community is called Auslan.
- There are special international signs used at meetings of deaf people from different countries across the world.
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