is german sign language different?

Answer 1

German sign language is very similar to Israeli sign language, for example, but it's different from American Sign Language.

Answer 2

Every sign language is different from another, but then many of those languages have same signs, so people "speaking" sign languages can mostly understand each other, though coming from different countries. We who can´t speak foreign languages, do often use some sort of sign language when travelling abroad and not understand the native language of that country. Sometimes those signs can be completely misunderstood, but sometimes people can communicate very well that way.A smile or two always help, that´s a language everybody understands!

Answer 3

Sign languages are all different - some are closer to others (e.g. French sign language and American Sign Language).
German sign language is even different from Austrian sign language although they are neighbouring countries, speaking the same language, having a similar historical background.
British sign language is also very different from American sign language.

Answer 4

I'd just add as a point of interest that there's a sort of sign language equivalent of "Esperanto," called International Sign Language, and similarly to Esperanto, IS was created by taking elements from a bunch of different national sign languages. You can read more about it here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestuno

Answer 5

german sign language is very different from indian or african sign langages

Answer 6

I would imagine that it's just as different as is the spoken language.

Answer 7

Yes! Very much so! It's called GSL.

Answer 8

Follow this link (or copy and paste into your browser):
babel.uoregon.edu/yamada/guides/gsl.html