German Sign Language (German: Deutsche Gebärdensprache, DGS) is the sign language of the deaf community in Germany, Luxembourg and in the German-speaking...
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Sign languages (also known as signed languages) are languages that use the visual-manual modality to convey meaning, instead of spoken words. Sign languages...
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The German Sign Language family is a small language family of sign languages, including German Sign Language, Polish Sign Language and probably Israeli...
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Swiss-German Sign Language (German: Deutschschweizer Gebärdensprache, abbreviated DSGS) is the primary deaf sign language of the German-speaking part...
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perhaps three hundred sign languages in use around the world today. The number is not known with any confidence; new sign languages emerge frequently through...
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among them Al-Sayyid Bedouin Sign Language. The history of ISL goes back to 1873 in Germany, where Marcus Reich, a German Jew, opened a special school...
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Kingdom of Belgium has three official languages: Dutch, French, and German. A number of non-official, minority languages and dialects are spoken as well. As...
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Austrian Sign Language (German: Österreichische Gebärdensprache, ÖGS) is the sign language used by the Austrian Deaf community—approximately 10,000 people...
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Polish Polish Sign Language Old French Sign Language (VLSF, before l'Épée) Eastern French: Old Danish (edu. 1807), Old German, German Evangelical (edu...
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a manually coded form of German that uses the signs of German Sign Language. It is used as a bridge to the German language in education and for simultaneous...
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