English
Proper noun
American Sign Language
- 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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language that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behavior to communicate
- American Sign Language: A@Side-PalmForward S@Side-PalmForward L@Side-PalmForward
- Arabic: لُغَة اَلْإِشَارَة الْأَمْرِيكِيَّة f (luḡat al-ʔišāra l-ʔamrīkiyya)
- Brazilian Sign Language: please add this translation if you can
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 美國手語 / 美国手语 (mei5 gwok3 sau2 jyu5)
- Mandarin: 美國手語 / 美国手语 (zh) (Měiguó shǒuyǔ)
- Danish: amerikansk tegnsprog
- Dutch: Amerikaanse gebarentaal
- French: langue des signes américaine (fr) f
- German: Amerikanische Gebärdensprache f
- Greek: αμερικανική νοηματική γλώσσα f (amerikanikí noïmatikí glóssa)
- Hebrew: שפת הסימנים האמריקאית f (s’fát hasimaním ha’ameriká’it)
- Honduras Sign Language: please add this translation if you can
- Inuktitut: ᐆᒃᑐᐊᕋᐅᓯᕋᖅ ᖃᑉᓗᓈᖅᑐᑦ (ooktoaraosiraq qaplonaaqtot), ujjiqsuuraq qablunaaqtut (Inuvialuktun)
- Irish: Teanga Chomharthaíochta Mheiriceá f, TCM
- Japanese: アメスラン (Amesuran), アメリカ手話 (Amerika-shuwa)
- Korean: 미국 수화 (Miguk suhwa)
- Navajo: naʼagizhgo haneʼ
- Portuguese: língua de sinais americana f, língua americana de sinais f
- Romanian: limba semnelor americane f
- Russian: амсле́н (ru) m (amslén), америка́нский язы́к же́стов m (amerikánskij jazýk žéstov)
- Scots: American Sign Leid
- Scottish Gaelic: Cànan-soidhnidh Aimeireaga m
- Spanish: lengua de señas americana f
- Turkish: Amerikan İşaret Dili
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See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of American Sign Language terms
Further reading