"home sign" meaning in English

See home sign in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: home signs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} home sign (countable and uncountable, plural home signs)
  1. (uncountable) The gestural communication system, less than a complete sign language, developed by a deaf child who lacks input from a language model in the family. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: kitchen sign, homesign
    Sense id: en-home_sign-en-noun-hIdD88~S Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17
  2. (countable) A particular sign in such a system. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-home_sign-en-noun-XoJ8c7pp

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