American Sign Language

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American Sign Language is a natural visual-gestural language used primarily by Deaf communities in the United States and parts of Canada, with its own distinct grammar and vocabulary separate from spoken English.

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Jamaican Sign Language → differentFrom → American Sign Language →
BANZSL → distinctFrom → American Sign Language →
this entity surface form: "American Sign Language family"
Jamaican Sign Language → hasInfluenceFrom → American Sign Language →
Australian Sign Language → influencedBy → American Sign Language →
subject surface form: "Auslan"
British Sign Language → notMutuallyIntelligibleWith → American Sign Language →
Finnish Sign Language → notMutuallyIntelligibleWith → American Sign Language →
Korean Sign Language → notMutuallyIntelligibleWith → American Sign Language →
Coda → originalLanguage → American Sign Language →
subject surface form: "CODA"
subject surface form: "Columbia Institution for the Deaf"