American Sign Language

English right|thumb|The phrase "American Sign Language" in ASL, transcribed in Stokoe notation. 110px|right|thumb|The phrase "American Sign Language" in ASL, transcribed in Sutton SignWriting. Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-American Sign Language.wav Southern England Proper noun American Sign Language A sign language used primarily in the United States of America and Canada. en Daniel W. Hieber Why I hate conlangs Linguistic Discovery https://linguisticdiscovery.com/blog/why-i-hate-conlangs/ 2023-12-30 For example, you could learn American Sign Language (or whichever sign language is common where you live), a common immigrant language, or an indigenous language in your area, rather than make those people speak to you in English (or whatever major language you speak). https://web.archive.org/web/20240524133211/https://linguisticdiscovery.com/blog/why-i-hate-conlangs/ Synonyms en Ameslan en ASL Derived terms en Gorilla Sign Language Descendants ase 𝣷𝪜 𝤃𝪜 𝣜𝪜 (from en ASL) Translations language that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behavior to communicate American Sign Language: ase A@Side-PalmForward S@Side-PalmForward L@Side-PalmForward Arabic: ar لُغَة اَلْإِشَارَة الْأَمْرِيكِيَّة f luḡat al-ʔišāra l-ʔamrīkiyya Brazilian Sign Language: bzs Chinese: Cantonese: yue 美國手語 Mandarin: cmn 美國手語 Měiguó shǒuyǔ Danish: da amerikansk tegnsprog Dutch: nl Amerikaanse gebarentaal French: fr langue des signes américaine f German: de Amerikanische Gebärdensprache f Greek: el αμερικανική νοηματική γλώσσα f Hebrew: he שפת הסימנים האמריקאית f s’fát hasimaním ha’ameriká’it Hindi: hi अमरीकी सांकेतिक भाषा f, hi अमेरिकी सांकेतिक भाषा f Honduras Sign Language: hds Icelandic: is Amerískt táknmál n Inuktitut: iu ᐆᒃᑐᐊᕋᐅᓯᕋᖅ ᖃᑉᓗᓈᖅᑐᑦ, iu ujjiqsuuraq qablunaaqtut Inuvialuktun Irish: ga Teanga Chomharthaíochta Mheiriceá f, ga TCM Japanese: ja アメスラン Amesuran, ja アメリカ手話 Amerika-shuwa, ja 米国手話 beikoku-shuwa Korean: ko ^미국 수화 Navajo: nv naʼagizhgo haneʼ Polish: pl Amerykański Język Migowy m Portuguese: pt língua de sinais americana f, pt língua americana de sinais f Romanian: ro limba semnelor americane f Russian: ru амсле́н m, ru америка́нский язы́к же́стов m Scots: sco American Sign Leid Scottish Gaelic: gd Cànan-soidhnidh Aimeireaga m Spanish: es lengua de señas americana f Turkish: tr Amerikan İşaret Dili See also ase Further reading 1 ase ase en Languages Names of sign languages