Does sign language differ from country to country? If so, how?
2006-08-21 23:40:16 · 13 answers · asked by daisychain 3 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
all sign language is different even in england they have different accents as they call them, my little girl is deaf and we are in the north west she has friends in the north east and at times she struggles to understand them. so its not only internationally.
2006-08-21 23:48:35 · answer #1 · answered by flange2034 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, even Irish Sign Language is different to British Sign Language.
2006-08-21 23:49:24 · answer #2 · answered by lola 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Formal" sign language may be different from country to country, region to region, or ,culture to culture: but certain basic signs are the same the world over -- a smile is a friendly sign, for example, and, a frown is a frown! Watch a game of cricket or football, you will see a lot of messages passed between players of rival teams thro sign language spontaneously, in a natural manner, giving you a few lessons in universal sign language!
2006-08-21 23:50:58 · answer #3 · answered by swanjarvi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have learnt sign language 'up north' and it differs from the West Midlands - even county to county not just country to country - it's strange eventhough it's just BSL (British Sign Language) - different accents etc.
2006-08-22 00:19:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It differs from country to country, partly because in some cultures there are words and greetings which we don't know about and also we greet each other differently, too (e.g. in Britain we shake hands, in another culture we might put our hands together, palm to palm). So unfortunately sign language isn't universal.
2006-08-21 23:54:01 · answer #5 · answered by hawaiian_shorts91 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sign language differs from language to language. American Sign Language, or ASL, is different than Japanese or Swahili Sign Language.
2006-08-21 23:44:56 · answer #6 · answered by Johnny Tezca 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
UK sign with 2 hand and USA use 1 hand to sign but sign language keep changing new signs is doing my head in cos am deaf and signs.
2006-08-22 02:42:59 · answer #7 · answered by Sir Alan Sugar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would have thought it was different after all in this country we use BRITISH sign language
2006-08-21 23:46:53 · answer #8 · answered by mumoftheyear 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is different like normal languages.
Think about alphabits, words. If not the same, then, different sign for it.
2006-08-21 23:49:17 · answer #9 · answered by Just M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hate it when people answer just to say that they don't know and I'm sorry to do that, but I don't know. I just wanted to compliment you on the question. And I also wonder about Braille in the same way.
2006-08-21 23:47:02 · answer #10 · answered by sticky 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋