No. There are separate signs for each language. That’s why they call it “American Sign Language” I am fluent in American Sign Language, or ASL. You can easily offend someone from another country by using a simple sign in American Sign Language. I have met other people who sign that are from America and they have shown me a few signs that mean different words!
I thought it would be, but, I was told by someone in the know that it isn’t the same in every language. The last I heard they were working on Universal signs.
No. There are even various dialects in one country. E.g. in Germany, a sign laguage interpreter from Munich may not be able to fully understand a person from Berlin.
no, but there are alot of similarities
not sure but i would believe so.
No. There are separate signs for each language. That’s why they call it “American Sign Language” I am fluent in American Sign Language, or ASL. You can easily offend someone from another country by using a simple sign in American Sign Language. I have met other people who sign that are from America and they have shown me a few signs that mean different words!
I thought it would be, but, I was told by someone in the know that it isn’t the same in every language. The last I heard they were working on Universal signs.
No. There are even various dialects in one country. E.g. in Germany, a sign laguage interpreter from Munich may not be able to fully understand a person from Berlin.
Sign language – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_language
This seems to be a ery god description of the varieties of Sign Language.
For those who use sign language, here are some
Publications Available in Sign Languages
http://www.watchtower.org/languages/sign.htm