Varieties of American Sign Language
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title:
Varieties of American Sign Language
text:
American Sign Language (ASL) developed in the United States, starting as a blend of local sign languages and French Sign Language (FSL). Local varieties have developed in many countries, but there is little research on which should be considered dialects of ASL and which have diverged to the point of being distinct languages. The following are sign language varieties of ASL in countries other than the US and Canada, languages based on ASL with substratum influence from local sign languages, and
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Dialects and descendants of American Sign Language
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varieties_of_American_Sign_Language
date created:
2015-07-14T03:52:42Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T18:00:05Z
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