why are all sign languages different?
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cause other languages have different letters and grammer rules also each language is different in pernunciation and rules wit speech\nthis carries thru with sign language
417881
This is a very cultural thing with Mexicans. Talking with their hands a lot. A lot of sign language to make jesters about many things. They us sign language to communicate with or without speaking and I think whistling is also part of the same communication. It isn't usually meant to be offensive. But there are exceptions to every rule. Its kind of like most cities in the south of the US don't blow their horns very often but go to Manhattan and its rare to take a ride without someone laying down on the horn.
1081497
I know lots of them.  My family's deaf & we all communicate in ASL.  Why do you ONLY want to know the curse signs & not everything else?
1011056
American sign language. I never got around to it. I have books though!
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Sign Language, of course:)\n\nBy the way, no language is any more difficult than another for it's respective native speakers.\n\nChinese may be difficult for a native English speaker to speak, but a baby learns it as easily as it would English.
874200
The order of the signs depends on what you are saying. There are several sentence structures, just like English has several sentence structures. You need to make sure that the signs are in the right order, that your facial grammar is correct, along with any other non-manuals that are required for the sentence to make sense. \n\nTaking a class would be a good idea.
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While I'd like it if immigrants learn English, putting up signs in other languages only helps tell people the message the sign was put there for--as long as multi-lingual signs don't become a requirement, no one should be upset that someone put up a sign in two languages.  \n\nMost clothes aren't made in the US--the multilingual tags probably just make it easier to sell the clothes in a worldwide market.
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Sign language is a communication system using your hands to from letters, words, or express concepts.  It is used to communicate with and by people who are unable to speak or hear.  Sign language can also be used by people who need to communicate silently, like soldiers.  A certain type of "sign language" is also used by referees and umpires to communicate clearly over a long distance or over crowd noise.  Picture an umpire making a "safe" call at home plate.  That is a type of sign language.
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Yes there a ton of different forms of sing language.  In fact just in the US there are multiple kinds (one which is more of a signed English another ASL is a completely different language and way of thinking then English.  It was developed by a French teacher of deaf students and based on his French Sing Language).  Verbal languages are not equivilant in the sense that they are not literal translations from one to another but they show different ways of thinking and different perspectives of the world.  The same is true of sign language.   Also unlike one might believe signed languages are usually not a direction equivalant of the verbal language of the area they are used in but are another language completely.
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Easy... check this out www.deafnation.com also I've been teaching sign-language and I'm almost deaf.  I go places where there is a lot of activity that most deaf people go.  Feel free to contact me.  Easy signing is a good book to start with.
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There are many sign languages.  Users of different sign languages cannot understand each other, just as users of different spoken languages cannot understand each other.\n\nYour question suggests you think there might be sign language equivalents of spoken languages, i.e. Arabic sign language is used in places where people speak Arabic.  This is not true because sign languages are created and used by themselves; they are not signed versions of spoken languages.  Nicaraguan Sign Language, for example, was created entirely by deaf children who lived in the same school in Nicaragua; it is not a signed version of Spanish.  American Sign Language also is not a signed version of English -- it has its own syntax and is very different from English in some respects.  I hope this clears that up.\n\n(Actually, there is a signing system called Signed English that IS a signed version of English but it's not considered a language.)
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i prefer deaf..because even though u cant hear u can see..read lips..gestures..and still know when u are in danger...like crossing the street...but i did have a deaf friend and unfortunately he passed away because he couldnt hear the person u came up BEHIND him to rob him so he kept walking..the guy shot him for 10 bucks...SO EITHER way its messed up
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You think in your primary language, right? I'm learning sign language and sometimes I think in sign.  Its very frustrating when I'm writing things and I can't thing of the English and I want to just write the sign, but I can't.\n\nShort and simple, yes
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Sign language is for the deaf but its good if a person that can hear can learn the basics as we sometimes meet up with people with hearing disabilities. As for taking a long time to learn, not really, First you learn the alphabet using your hand and fingers (helps if your nimble fingered) Then you learn gestures to indicate words. not really hard at all. With practise you can learn the alphabet in a month.
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Indians are very animate people and depend a lot on gestures while speaking, I think it comes from a different view of life, probably the Eastern thought influence as opposed to Western formalism, plus head movement is a nntable feature when answering yes/no questions. I would shake my head up and down to mean a "yes" and shake it from left to right to mean "no".
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To communicate in a more clear and concise manner. With your hands (and not using American Sign Language which is a very recent creation in terms of language and communication), indicate something that is over 3 mountain ranges away and a left at the oak tree. Saying it is much clearer than hand signals.
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the difference is the location of the tongue and hands