Does it?
Thankyou.
2007-04-25 22:05:57 · 7 answers · asked by buttonmoon1409 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
No, they differ from one another just like spoken languages.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_language#Geographic_distribution_of_sign_languages
I know that the Hebrew sign language is very similar to the German sign language (because it was brought to Israel by German Jews), but has nothing to do with the sign languages that are used in France, or the US...
2007-04-25 22:19:26 · answer #1 · answered by yotg 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not at all. Signing languages are, unfortunately, extremely different from one another. There's a group of signers where I live in Morocco, and although I have a rudimentary understanding of American Sign Language, I could not even vaguely understand what they were signing.
2007-04-26 09:08:58 · answer #2 · answered by nomadic 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. I went to Ireland and learned some of their finger spelling, and some of the letters in that are shaped differently than they are in Americal Sign Language Finger Spelling. It was ALL still done in English, mind you, and I'll wager that this is just one teeny, tiny example of how different sign languages can be from each other.
2007-04-26 05:41:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No.For example Greek sign languages uses letters of the greek alphabet something irrelevant in the english sign language.
2007-04-26 05:08:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are different systems of signing in different countries. Even in English speaking countries, American signers can't always be understood in Australia or the UK as the sign languages are different.
2007-04-26 05:14:25 · answer #5 · answered by tentofield 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
No, there are many totally separate sign languages that are not mutually intelligible, even amongst English speaking countries.
2007-04-26 05:49:25 · answer #6 · answered by J9 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately not. Even within ONE country, there are regional variations (And apparently, kids make up 'slang' signs).
I asked a question about this a few days back.
2007-04-26 06:09:30 · answer #7 · answered by swelwynemma 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋