Vietnamese sign languages — Sign language varieties in Ho Chi Minh city, Hanoi, and Haiphong are usually considered to be separate languages. However, there are attempts to develop a national standard language, Vietnamese Sign Language.These sign languages may be related to … Wikipedia
List of sign languages — There are perhaps around two hundred sign languages in use around the world today. The number is not known with any confidence; new sign languages emerge frequently through creolization and de novo (and occasionally through language planning). In … Wikipedia
Legal recognition of sign languages — The legal recognition of sign languages is one of the major concerns of the international Deaf community. There is no standard way in which such a recognition can be formally or legally extended; every country has its own interpretation. In some… … Wikipedia
Australian Aboriginal sign languages — NOTOC Many Australian Aboriginal cultures have or traditionally had a sign language counterpart to their spoken language. This appears to be connected with various taboos on speech between certain people within the community or at particular… … Wikipedia
Monastic sign languages — monastic sign Signed in Europe Native signers (not a primary language) (date missing) Language family (sign lexicons) Dialects Anglo Saxon Augustinian Benedictine … Wikipedia
Mayan sign languages — language name=Yucatec Maya Sign Language states=Mexico region=Isolated villages in south central Yucatán signers=Unknown. 16 deaf signers and 400–500 hearing signers reported in one village. iso2=sgn MX YUC iso3=msdMaya sign languages are used in … Wikipedia
Languages of the United States — Official language(s) none Main language(s) English 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, other Indo European 3.8%, Asian … Wikipedia
Languages of Canada — Languages of Canada[1] Official language(s) English (58%) and French (22%) Indigenous language(s) Abenaki, A … Wikipedia
Sign language media — are media based on a media system for sign languages. Interfaces in sign language media are built on the complex grammar structure of sign languages. Generally media are built for spoken languages or written languages. Unfortunately those media… … Wikipedia
sign language — sign languages N VAR Sign language is movements of your hands and arms used to communicate. There are several official systems of sign language, used for example by deaf people. Movements are also sometimes invented by people when they want to… … English dictionary
Sign writing — may mean:*The trade of sign writing. See Painter and decorator *SignWriting, the writing of the movements and handshapes of sign languages … Wikipedia