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INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SIGN LANGUAGES

Russian Sign Language

This post was created to highlight Russian Sign Language in honor of September 23rd, The International Day of Sign Languages. Russian Sign Language (RSL) is the gesture-based communication among the deaf communities in Russia and Tajikistan and perhaps in the neighbouring nations as well like Belarus, Moldova and Georgia. There are over 120,000 native speakers …

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INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SIGN LANGUAGES

American Sign Language

This post was created to highlight American Sign Language in honor of September 23rd, The International Day of Sign Languages. American Sign Language (ASL) is a complete, natural language that has the same linguistic properties as a spoken language, with its own grammar that differs from English. It contains all the fundamental features of a language, with …

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INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SIGN LANGUAGES

Brazilian Sign Language

This post was created to highlight Brazilian Sign Language in honor of September 23rd, The International Day of Sign Languages. The deaf communities of urban Brazil use Brazilian Sign Language (BSL) as their form of communication. It is also acknowledged as Libras (Portuguese pronounced as: [ˈlibɾɐs], from Língua Brasileira de Sinais [ˈlĩɡwɐ bɾaziˈlejɾɐ dʒi siˈnajs]) and is abbreviated as LSB, LGB or LSCB …

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INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SIGN LANGUAGES

Japanese Sign Language

This post was created to highlight Japanese Sign Language in honor of September 23rd, The International Day of Sign Languages. Japanese Sign Language (日本手話, Nihon Shuwa), likewise perceived by the short form JSL, is the overall gesture based communication utilized in Japan and is a characteristic language, similar to the oral Japanese language. There are …

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INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SIGN LANGUAGES

Chinese Sign Language

This post was created to highlight Chinese Sign Language in honor of September 23rd, The International Day of Sign Languages. Signs of the Chinese Sign Language (CSL) are just like written Chinese characters. These signs have been developing since the late 1950’s. The People’s Republic of China has the Chinese Sign Language (or CSL or …

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WANT TO KNOW WHEN A LANGUAGE DIES?

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LANGUAGE ENDANGERMENT AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A LANGUAGE DIES

Have you ever wondered if there was a possibility of language extinction, just like what happens with the diverse flora and fauna across the world? You may be surprised to learn that many languages are dying at a rapid rate. It’s quite difficult to save the world’s most exotic species from the verge of extinction, …

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