"American Sign Language" meaning in English

See American Sign Language in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=American Sign Language}} American Sign Language
  1. A sign language used primarily in the United States of America and Canada. Wikipedia link: American Sign Language, Stokoe notation, Sutton SignWriting Categories (topical): Languages, Sign languages Synonyms: Ameslan, ASL Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of American Sign Language terms Translations (language that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behavior to communicate): A@Side-PalmForward S@Side-PalmForward L@Side-PalmForward (American Sign Language), لُغَة اَلْإِشَارَة الْأَمْرِيكِيَّة (luḡat al-ʔišāra l-ʔamrīkiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), 美國手語 (Chinese Mandarin), 美国手语 (Měiguó shǒuyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), amerikansk tegnsprog (Danish), Amerikaanse gebarentaal (Dutch), langue des signes américaine [feminine] (French), Amerikanische Gebärdensprache [feminine] (German), αμερικανική νοηματική γλώσσα (amerikanikí noïmatikí glóssa) [feminine] (Greek), ᐆᒃᑐᐊᕋᐅᓯᕋᖅ ᖃᑉᓗᓈᖅᑐᑦ (ooktoaraosiraq qaplonaaqtot) (Inuktitut), ujjiqsuuraq qablunaaqtut [Inuvialuktun] (Inuktitut), アメスラン (Amesuran) (Japanese), アメリカ手話 (Amerika-shuwa) (Japanese), 미국 수화 (Miguk suhwa) (Korean), naʼagizhgo haneʼ (Navajo), língua de sinais americana [feminine] (Portuguese), língua americana de sinais [feminine] (Portuguese), limba semnelor americane [feminine] (Romanian), амсле́н (amslén) [masculine] (Russian), америка́нский язы́к же́стов (amerikánskij jazýk žéstov) [masculine] (Russian), American Sign Leid (Scots), Cànan-soidhnidh Aimeireaga [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), lengua de señas americana [feminine] (Spanish), Amerikan İşaret Dili (Turkish)

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