Is sign language the same in languages other than English?
2007-11-06 10:40:44 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
American Sign Language that's in use now is a mixture of the local signs that Deaf Americans used in various places around the country (dialects) as well as a lot of French Sign Language signs that were introduced by one of the earliest Deaf educators in this country, and were spread (and standardized) by the state deaf schools.
Signs aren't universal, but generally if you know one sign language then you can learn another one more easily than you could learn a second foreign language. Some sign languages are more closely linked to the spoken language around them (like Dutch), but most are quite distinct.
Hope this helps!
2007-11-08 17:13:10 · answer #1 · answered by Kat 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
American Sign Language is not related to English, and is very different than sign language in other parts of the world
2015-04-12 03:47:33 · answer #2 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
American Sign Language has its own syntax and grammar. It is very different from English. However, Signed Exact English is a visual representation of English. It has a point to point correspondence to English. Deaf Americans and Canadians use ASL. Sign Exact English tends to be used mostly in schools to teach deaf children about the English language, but rarely if ever used in a community setting.
2007-11-09 01:45:49 · answer #3 · answered by justine lauren 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many sign languages. Your question makes it seem that you believe that ASL (American Sign Language) is tied to English in some way, but actually it is a completely separate, independent language, and it is not based on English.
2007-11-06 19:01:17 · answer #4 · answered by drshorty 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sign is important word all subjects. The sign is a type of special symbols. A specific sign can introduce about that thing. We use English language for sign because it is a international language. Every man learn English language. As a result every man understands this language. We use logo the web sites. Logo is kind one of sign. We can say about that site see logo. We can various sign make. Ok.
2014-11-29 17:39:12 · answer #5 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No sign language is completely different all over the world. In america we use American SIgn Language(ASL) but there is different sign language in Mexico, all over Europe, and all over the world. They are all based on their language, ours being English.
2007-11-07 14:54:34 · answer #6 · answered by chiplover8 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. ASL (American Sign Language) is used in the USA, and Canada for sure, but there are many other forms of sign language. example - Australia = AUSLAN
2007-11-06 10:52:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure, i understand some. i'm deaf yet i'm able to speech. I certainly have a severe listening to loss in my appropriate ear and a profound listening to loss in my left. listening to aids help yet I remember very plenty on lip analyzing. My mothers and dads did no longer choose me to be limited to talking via ASL so I discovered a thank you to communicate with the aid of years of speech scientific care. i understand the alphabet and approximately a hundred warning signs. EMT
2016-10-15 07:05:28 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋