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American_Sign_Language

American Sign Language

English

The phrase "American Sign Language" in ASL, transcribed in Stokoe notation.

The phrase "American Sign Language" in ASL, transcribed in Sutton SignWriting.

Proper noun

American Sign Language

A language that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behavior to communicate both concrete and abstract ideas; some signs are based on English words, but ASL syntax and grammar are not based on English. ISO 639-3 code: ase.

Synonyms

Ameslan
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-ʾišāra l-ʾamrīkiyya)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 美國手語, 美国手语 ‎(Měiguó shǒuyǔ)
Danish: amerikansk tegnesprog
Dutch: Amerikaanse gebarentaal
French: langue des signes américaine (fr) f
Inuktitut: ᐆᒃᑐᐊᕋᐅᓯᕋᖅ ᖃᑉᓗᓈᖅᑐᑦ ‎(uuktuarausiraq qaplunaaqtut), ujjiqsuuraq qablunaaqtut (Western Canadian Inuktitut)

Japanese: アメスラン ‎(amesuran), アメリカ手話 ‎(Amerika shuwa)
Greenlandic: tuluttut ussersuutit
Korean: 미국 수화 ‎(Miguk suhwa)
Navajo: naʼagizhgo haneʼ
Portuguese: língua de sinais americana f
Russian: амсле́н (ru) m ‎(amslén), америка́нский язы́к же́стов m ‎(amerikánskij jazýk žéstov)
Spanish: lengua de señas americana f
Turkish: Amerikan İşaret Dili

See also

Wiktionary's coverage of American Sign Language terms