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sign language

A sign language (also signed language) is a language which uses manual communication instead of sound to convey meaning - simultaneously combining handshapes, orientation and movement of the hands, arms or body, and facial expressions to fluidly express a speaker's thoughts. Sign languages develop in deaf communities, which can include interpreters and friends and families of deaf people as well as people who are deaf or hearing-impaired themselves.

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  • sign language, Sign languages, Deaf Sign Language, Sign languge, Non verbal languages language, Indian Sign Language, Language of signs


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