So far this is what i have:
American Sign Language:
•Can do my community service hours at a Retirement house
•Talk to other people who know sign across the room lol
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-anything else?!?!
Japanese:
•Can read original manga books
•Watch anime
•Able to shop at Japanese stores
•Talk secretly with friend without anyone understanding
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-anything else??
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I don’t know too much about Japanese, but I have heard that unless you’re deaf, you’ll never be able to sign properly. All deaf people will be able to tell ASL is a second language because your moments will be so rigid.
Spanish??? Sigh Language, it’s allot easier, Or evin better? japanese sign language????
American Sign Language:
– Can talk to deaf people in France (because of the early influence of the sign language of France upon the Gallaudet school, the vocabularies of ASL and modern French Sign Language are approximately 60% shared)
I disagree with the person that said that unless you’re Deaf, you’ll never be able to sign fluently. I’m studying to be a sign language interpreter. Yes, it takes time to be fluent, but that goes for any language.
I understand your dilemma, since I am fascinated by both of these beautiful languages, and the culture of the people that use them.
Who says you can’t do both? I tried to learn them simultaneously, but I guess my brain can only handle so much. I’m focusing on ASL right now, but I’ll come back to Japanese later. I also think there’s more people in the US that know sign language as opposed to Japanese.
If you learn ASL, you can consider becoming an interpreter, which is an awesome job. You could also enjoy their storytelling, (which is very visual and often poetic) the possibilities are endless : )