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Audio (Southern England): (file)
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#SIGNLANGUAGE

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sign language (countable and uncountable, plural sign languages)Category:English lemmas#SIGNLANGUAGE Category:English nouns#SIGNLANGUAGE Category:English uncountable nouns#SIGNLANGUAGE Category:English countable nouns#SIGNLANGUAGE Category:English countable nouns#SIGNLANGUAGE Category:English multiword terms#SIGNLANGUAGE Category:English entries with incorrect language header#SIGNLANGUAGE Category:Pages with entries#SIGN%20LANGUAGE Category:Pages with 1 entry#SIGN%20LANGUAGE

(countable Category:English countable nouns#SIGNLANGUAGE) One of several natural languages, typically used by the deaf, in which words consist of hand shapes, motions, positions, and facial expressions.
- 2000, Wendy Sandler, Diane Lillo-Martin, edited by Mark Aronoff and Janie Rees-Miller, The Handbook of Linguistics:
  It is safe to say that the academic world is now convinced that sign languages are real languages in every sense of the term.
  Category:English terms with quotations#SIGNLANGUAGE
  Category:Quotation templates to be cleaned
(uncountable Category:English uncountable nouns#SIGNLANGUAGE) The sign language (sense 1) that is used locally or that is mistakenly believed to be the only one.
I'm taking night classes to learn sign language.Category:English terms with usage examples#SIGNLANGUAGE
(uncountable Category:English uncountable nouns#SIGNLANGUAGE) Sign languages (sense 1) considered collectively.
There are some unique properties found in sign language compared to spoken language.Category:English terms with usage examples#SIGNLANGUAGE
(countable or uncountable) Communication through gestures as a substitute for language, for example, between monks under a vow of silence or during trade amongst different linguistic groups.
- 1847, Francis Parkman, The Oregon Trail:
  Even Maxwell the trader, who has been most among them, is compelled to resort to the curious sign language common to most of the prairie tribes.
  Category:English terms with quotations#SIGNLANGUAGE
  Category:Quotation templates to be cleaned

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sign language

Category:Entries with translation boxes#SIGN%20LANGUAGE

Adamorobe Sign Language: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Adamorobe Sign Language#SIGNLANGUAGE
Afghan Sign Language: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Afghan Sign Language#SIGNLANGUAGE
Afrikaans: gebaretaalCategory:Terms with Afrikaans translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Algerian Sign Language: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Algerian Sign Language#SIGNLANGUAGE
American Sign Language: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into American Sign Language#SIGNLANGUAGE
Arabic: لُغَة إِشَارَة f (luḡa(t) ʔišāra)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Armenian: նշանաբանը (nšanabanə)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Azerbaijani: işarə diliCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Bengali: প্রতীকী ভাষা (protiki bhaśa)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Bikol:
Central Bikol: palba (bcl)Category:Terms with Central Bikol translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Brazilian Sign Language: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Brazilian Sign Language#SIGNLANGUAGE
Burmese: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Burmese#SIGNLANGUAGE
Catalan: llengua de signes (ca) fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Catalan Sign Language: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Catalan Sign Language#SIGNLANGUAGE
Chinese:
Mandarin: 手語 / 手语 (zh) (shǒuyǔ)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#SIGN%20LANGUAGE Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Corsican: lingua di i cenni fCategory:Terms with Corsican translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Czech: znakový jazyk mCategory:Terms with Czech translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Danish: tegnsprog (da) nCategory:Terms with Danish translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Dutch: gebarentaal (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Esperanto: gestolingvoCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Estonian: viipekeel (et)Category:Terms with Estonian translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Faroese: teknmál nCategory:Terms with Faroese translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Finnish: viittomakieli (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
French: langue des signes (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#SIGNLANGUAGE, langage des signes mCategory:Terms with French translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Frisian:
West Frisian: gebeartetaalCategory:Terms with West Frisian translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Galician: lingua de signos fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Georgian: ჟესტების ენა (žesṭebis ena)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#SIGNLANGUAGE, ნიშნების ენა (nišnebis ena)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
German: Gebärdensprache (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#SIGNLANGUAGE, Zeichensprache (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Bavarian: Gebeadnsproch fCategory:Terms with Bavarian translations#SIGNLANGUAGE, Gebeadnsproche fCategory:Terms with Bavarian translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Greek: νοηματική γλώσσα (el) f (noïmatikí glóssa)Category:Terms with Greek translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Greenlandic: ussersuutitCategory:Terms with Greenlandic translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Haitian Creole: lang siyCategory:Terms with Haitian Creole translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Hindi: सांकेतिक भाषा f (sāṅketik bhāṣā)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Honduras Sign Language: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Honduras Sign Language#SIGNLANGUAGE
Hungarian: jelnyelv (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Icelandic: (sign language) táknmál (is) nCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#SIGNLANGUAGE, (finger language) fingramál nCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Indonesian: bahasa isyarat (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Inuktitut: ᐆᒃᑐᐊᕋᐅᓯᕋᖅ (ooktoaraosiraq)Category:Terms with Inuktitut translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Inupiaq: urraaraqCategory:Terms with Inupiaq translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Inuvialuktun: ujjiqsuuraqCategory:Terms with Inuvialuktun translations#SIGNLANGUAGE / tikuraqCategory:Terms with Inuvialuktun translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Irish: teanga chomharthaíochta fCategory:Terms with Irish translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Italian: lingua dei segni fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Japanese: 手話 (ja) (しゅわ, shuwa)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Japanese Sign Language: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Japanese Sign Language#SIGNLANGUAGE
Greenlandic: ussersuutitCategory:Terms with Greenlandic translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Kazakh: ым тілі (ym tılı)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Korean: 수화(手話) (ko) (suhwa)Category:Terms with Korean translations#SIGNLANGUAGE, 수어(手語) (sueo)Category:Terms with Korean translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Lakota: wíyutȟapiCategory:Terms with Lakota translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Latin: lingua gesticulatoria fCategory:Terms with Latin translations#SIGNLANGUAGE, lingua signorum fCategory:Terms with Latin translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Lithuanian: gestų kalba fCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Luxembourgish: Gebäerdesprooch fCategory:Terms with Luxembourgish translations#SIGNLANGUAGE, Zeechesprooch fCategory:Terms with Luxembourgish translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Malay: bahasa isyarat (ms)Category:Terms with Malay translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Māori: reo rotarotaCategory:Terms with Māori translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Navajo: naashchidCategory:Terms with Navajo translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tegnspråk nCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#SIGNLANGUAGE

Nynorsk: teiknspråk nCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Occitan: lenga dels signes fCategory:Terms with Occitan translations#SIGNLANGUAGE, lenga de signes fCategory:Terms with Occitan translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Plautdietsch: Finjasproak fCategory:Terms with Plautdietsch translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Polish: język migowy (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Portuguese: linguagem de sinais fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#SIGNLANGUAGE (Brazil), língua gestual fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#SIGNLANGUAGE (Portugal), linguagem gestual fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#SIGNLANGUAGE (Portugal)
Romanian Sign Language: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Romanian Sign Language#SIGNLANGUAGE
Russian: язы́к же́стов m (jazýk žéstov)Category:Terms with Russian translations#SIGNLANGUAGE, же́стовый язы́к (ru) m (žéstovyj jazýk)Category:Terms with Russian translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Sami:
Lule Sami: siejvvemgiellaCategory:Terms with Lule Sami translations#SIGNLANGUAGE

Northern Sami: giehtagiellaCategory:Terms with Northern Sami translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Sardinian: limba de sos sinnos fCategory:Terms with Sardinian translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Scots: sign leidCategory:Terms with Scots translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Sicilian: lingua dî signa fCategory:Terms with Sicilian translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Spanish: lengua de signos fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#SIGNLANGUAGE, lengua de señas fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#SIGNLANGUAGE, idioma de señas mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#SIGNLANGUAGE, idioma de signos mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#SIGNLANGUAGE, idioma signado mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#SIGNLANGUAGE, lengua signada fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Swahili: lugha ya isharaCategory:Terms with Swahili translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Swedish: teckenspråk (sv) nCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Tajik: забони ишоратӣ (zabon-i išorati)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Thai: ภาษามือ (th) (paa-sǎa-mʉʉ)Category:Terms with Thai translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Tibetan: བརྡ་སྐད (brda skad)Category:Terms with Tibetan translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Turkish: işaret dili (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Ukrainian: жестова мова f (žestova mova)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Unami: tëtpiCategory:Terms with Unami translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Uzbek: ishora tiliCategory:Terms with Uzbek translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Vietnamese: ngôn ngữ ký hiệu (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#SIGNLANGUAGE, thủ ngữCategory:Terms with Vietnamese translations#SIGNLANGUAGE, ngôn ngữ dấu hiệuCategory:Terms with Vietnamese translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Welsh: iaith arwyddion fCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#SIGNLANGUAGE
Yiddish: שטומ־לשון (shtum-loshn)Category:Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#SIGN%20LANGUAGE Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#SIGNLANGUAGE

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