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Sign Language

Quick Points to Remember
• The language of the specially challenged
• Gestures, body movements etc.
• Different sign languages for different countries.
• American sign language, British sign language etc.
• Three categories: deaf sign language, auxiliary sign language, and manually
coded language

Introduction

Languages make it possible to communicate and express ourselves. There are
around 6500 spoken languages in the world.

Apart from the spoken languages, there is a language which is used by the specially
challenged to exchange their ideas. It is known as the sign language.
Key Points
• Sign languages emerged because the deaf, dumb or any other type of
specially challenged people needed to communicate. They communicate as
efficiently as oral languages.

• Sign languages make use of facial expressions, hands, fingers or any other
type of body movements.
• However, there is no formal written form of sign languages. Informal forms
may be used.
• Some of the sign languages have acquired legal status while many of these
are not yet legally recognized.
• The sign languages are different in different communities and countries. For
example, the American Sign Language is different from the Japanese sign
language.

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