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American Sign Language
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Welcome to the American Sign Language wikibook. American Sign Language, or ASL is a visual language expressed through hand gestures and facial expressions. It is a language used by many Deaf, hard-of-hearing, and hearing people in North America. This wikibook aims to teach ASL vocabulary, grammar and exercises to beginners. Feel free to contribute!
Table of Contents
Lessons
/Introduction/: /History of American Sign Language/ · /Deaf Culture/ · Alphabet and Numbers - /Location/ - /Linguistics/
Level 1: /Fingerspelling 1/ · /Vocabulary 1/ · /Basic Grammar 1/ · /Simple Sentences 1/ - /Grammar 1/
/Lesson 2/: /Fingerspelling 2/ · /Vocabulary 2/ · /Basic Grammar 2/ · /Facial Expressions 1/ · /Dialogue 1/
/Lesson 3/:
Appendices
/Appendix A: Handshapes
/Idioms
/Profanity
/Further Resources
See also
Wikijunior:Languages/Sign languages
Wikibooks:Languages bookshelf
Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Outreach/Sign Language
Visual languages
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