"British Sign Language" meaning in English

See British Sign Language in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=British Sign Language}} British Sign Language
  1. A language that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behaviour to communicate both concrete and abstract ideas; some signs are based on English words, but BSL syntax and grammar are not based on English. Wikipedia link: British Sign Language Categories (topical): Languages, Sign languages Synonyms: BSL Translations (sign language used in the United Kingdom): Teanga Chomharthaíochta na Breataine (Irish Gaelic), Breetish Sign Leid (Scots), Cànan-soidhnidh Bhreatainn (Scottish Gaelic), Iaith Arwyddion Prydain (Welsh)

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