Monastic sign languages have been used in Europe from at least the 10th century by Christian monks, and some, such as Cistercian and Trappist sign, are...

the alphabet. Signs can also represent complete ideas or phrases, not only individual words. Most sign languages are natural languages, different in construction...

village sign languages, shared with the hearing community, and Deaf-community sign languages Auxiliary sign languages, which are not native languages but...

Sign languages (also known as signed languages) are languages that use the visual-manual modality to convey meaning, instead of spoken words. Sign languages...

Sign Language (LSF, from langue des signes française) or Francosign family is a language family of sign languages which includes French Sign Language...

by body language and facial expressions. Manual communication is employed in sign languages and manually coded languages, though sign languages also possess...

Monasticism (from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós) 'solitary, monastic'; from μόνος (mónos) 'alone'), also called monachism or monkhood, is a religious...

not directly related to the sign languages of Europe, though it may have historical connections to monastic sign language. It developed under marriage...

Monastic sign languages used throughout medieval Europe used manual alphabets as well as signs, and were capable of representing a written language,...

Trappista cheese Trappist Dairy (Hong Kong) Limited Trappist Sign Language, monastic sign language used by Trappists Trapper (disambiguation) This disambiguation...