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British Sign Language

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British Sign Language

A language that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behavior to communicate both concrete and abstract ideas; some signs are based on English words, but BSL syntax and grammar are not based on English.

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British Sign Language has evolved, as all languages do, from these origins by modification, invention and importation. Source: Internet

As a consequence American Sign Language today has a 60% similarity to modern French Sign Language and is almost unintelligible to users of British Sign Language. Source: Internet

British Sign Language is also common. Source: Internet

Other representations In British Sign Language (BSL), the letter 'e' is signed by extending the index finger of the right hand touching the tip of index on the left hand, with all fingers of left hand open. Source: Internet

“The Silent Child highlights the isolation of children with the invisible disability of hearing loss and as a result British Sign Language and hearing issues, particularly for young people, are being given a global stage,” she says. Source: Internet

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