American Sign Language

English

Proper noun

American Sign Language

  1. A sign language used primarily in the United States of America and Canada.
    • 2023 December 30, Daniel W. Hieber, “Why I hate conlangs”, in Linguistic Discovery[1], archived from the original on 24 May 2024:
      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).

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • American Sign Language: 𝣷𝪜 𝤃𝪜 𝣜𝪜 (from ASL)

Translations

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of American Sign Language terms

Further reading