THE
👐 SIGN LANGUAGE 👐
SOCIETY
A language that employs signs made with the hands and other movements, including facial expressions and
postures of the body, used primarily by people who are deaf. There are many different sign languages as, for example,
British and American sign languages. British sign language (BSL) is not easily intelligible to users of American sign
language (ASL). Unlike ASL, BSL uses a two-handed alphabet. In developing countries, deaf people may use the sign
language of educators and missionaries from elsewhere in the world. For example, some deaf individuals in Madagascar use
Norwegian sign language. By contrast, deaf children in Nicaragua have created their own sign language. Study of the
emerging Nicaruagan sign language (NSL) has revealed that children naturally possess learning abilities capable of
giving language its fundamental structure.
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Coded by Imane Sahraoui