Sign Languages

International Day of Sign Languages

There are around 466 Million Deaf People around the World (even more are Hard-Of-Hearing.)

 1 in 20 Americans or 1,000,000 people are Deaf (10,000,000 are Hard-Of-Hearing.)

Collectively, these People use over 300 different sign languages. A lot of people do not realize that sign languages are natural fully-fledged languages.

While they may be different structurally to the spoken language, they should be given just as much credit and importance.

There is also an International Sign Language. This is used by Deaf People when they are socializing and traveling, as well as when they are in international meetings.

It is a pidgin type of Sign :Language, which is not as complicated as Natural Sign Languages.

It should also be noted that Someone who knows American Sign language does not automatically know Spoken American English and vice versa.

Or Someone who knows American Sing Language can not automatically understand Someone who uses British Sign Language and vice versa.