American Sign Language

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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, 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).

Synonyms

• Ameslan
• ASL

Derived terms

• Gorilla Sign Language

Descendants

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

Translations

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 Polish: Amerykański Język Migowy m 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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of American Sign Language terms

Further reading

• ISO 639-3 code ase (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for American Sign Language, ase ⁠