List of sign languages - Wikipedia List of sign languages There are perhaps three hundred sign languages in use around the world today. The number is not known with any confidence ; new sign languages emerge frequently through creolization and de novo ( and occasionally through language planning ). In some countries, such as Sri Lanka and Tanzania, each school for the deaf may have a separate language, known only to its students and sometimes denied by the school ; on the other hand, countries may share sign languages, though sometimes under different names ( Croatian and Serbian, Indian and Pakistani ). Deaf sign languages also arise outside educational institutions, especially in village communities with high levels of congenital deafness, but there are significant sign languages developed for the hearing as well, such as the speech - taboo languages used in aboriginal Australia. Scholars are doing field surveys to identify the world 's sign languages. The following list is grouped into three sections : Deaf sign languages, which are the preferred languages of Deaf communities around the world ; these include village sign languages, shared with the hearing community, and Deaf - community sign languages Auxiliary sign languages, which are not native languages but sign systems of varying complexity, used alongside spoken languages. Simple gestures are not included, as they do not constitute language. Signed modes of spoken languages, also known as manually coded languages, which are bridges between signed and spoken languages The list of deaf sign languages is sorted regionally and alphabetically, and such groupings should not be taken to imply any genetic relationships between these languages ( see List of language families ). Contents 1 Sign language list 1.1 Contemporary deaf sign languages 1.1. 1 Africa 1.1. 2 Americas 1.1. 3 Asia / Pacific 1.1. 4 Europe 1.1. 5 Middle East 1.2 Historical deaf sign languages 1.3 Auxiliary sign languages 1.4 Manual modes of spoken languages 2 Genetic classification of sign languages 3 See also 4 References 5 External links Sign language list Contemporary deaf sign languages Africa For more detail see African sign languages There are at least 25 sign languages in Africa, according to researcher Nobutaka Kamei. Some have distributions that are completely independent of those of African spoken languages. At least 13 foreign sign languages, mainly from Europe and America, have been introduced to at least 27 African nations ; some of the 23 sign languages documented by Kamei have originated with or been influenced by them. Language Origin Notes Adamorobe Sign Language village sign ( ADS ) ( Ghana ) Algerian Sign Language French Bamako Sign Language local deaf community used by adult men. Threatened by ASL. Bura Sign Language village in Nigeria Burkina Sign Language local Ouagadougou ( Langue des Signes Mossi ) Chadian Sign Language ASL : Nigerian ? Dogon Sign Language local ? village ? Eritrean Sign Language artificial Ethiopian sign languages 1 million signers of an unknown number of languages Francophone African Sign Language ASL & spoken French The development of ASL in Francophone West Africa Gambian Sign Language ASL Ghanaian Sign Language ASL ( GSE ) Guinean Sign Language ASL Guinea - Bissau Sign Language local incipient / basic Hausa Sign Language local `` Maganar Hannu '' ( HSL ) -- Northern Nigeria ( Kano State ) Kenyan Sign Language local ? ( KSL or LAK ) Libyan Sign Language Arab ? Malagasy Sign Language French : Danish : Norwegian ( or `` Madagascan Sign Language '' ) May be a dialect of Norwegian SL Mauritian Sign Language isolate Mofu - Gudur Sign Language village not clear if this is a SL, or the gestures accompanying spoken Mofu - Gudur Moroccan Sign Language ASL Mozambican Sign Language Mbour Sign Language local M'Bour, Senegal Namibian Sign Language Paget - Gorman Nanabin Sign Language village a deaf family in Nanabin, Ghana Nigerian Sign Language ASL Rwandan Sign Language ? Sierra Leonean Sign Language ASL Somali Sign Language Kenyan SL South African Sign Language Irish & British ( SASL ) Sudanese sign languages village & local ? Government proposal to unify local languages Tanzanian sign languages local ( seven independent languages, one for each deaf school in Tanzania, with little mutual influence ) Tebul Sign Language village ( Tebul Ure SL ) Mopti, Mali ( village of Tebul Ure ) Tunisian Sign Language French : Italian Ugandan Sign Language local ? ( USL ) Yoruba Sign Language local ( YSL ) Zambian Sign Language ( ZASL ) Zimbabwean sign languages `` sign language '' is an official language Americas Language Origin Notes American Sign Language French ( ASL ) Argentine Sign Language Spain and Italy ( Lengua de Señas Argentina - LSA ) Bolivian Sign Language ASL `` Lenguaje de Señas Bolivianas '' ( LSB ) Brazilian Sign Language French Libras ( Lingua Brasileira de Sinais ) Recognized legally as a means of communication among the Brazilian Deaf community. Bribri Sign Language village ? Brunca Sign Language village ? Chatino Sign Language village Chilean Sign Language French ? Lenguaje de Señas Chileno ( LSCH ) Colombian Sign Language ( CSN ) / Lengua de Señas Colombiana ( LSC ) Costa Rican Sign Language at least 4 languages in Costa Rica ( Woodward 1991 ) Old Costa Rican Sign Language Cuban Sign Language Dominican Sign Language ASL Ecuadorian Sign Language Greenlandic Sign Language Danish `` Kalaallisut Ussersuutit '' ( DTS ) Guatemalan Sign Language Guyanese Sign Language ? Honduras Sign Language Mexican ? `` Lengua de señas hondureña '' ( LESHO ) Inuit Sign Language village `` Inuit Uqausiqatigiit Uukturausiq Uqajuittunut ( General Inuit Sign Language for deaf ) '' also known as Inuiuuk ( ᐃᓄᐃᐆᒃ ) There may be more than one. The indigenous languages is an isolate. Jamaican Sign Language ASL ( JSL ) Jamaican Country Sign Language local ( JCSL ) Kajana Sign Language village Kajana Gebarentaal Keresan Sign Language village ( KPISL ) Maritime Sign Language British Mayan Sign Language village Mexican Sign Language French `` Lengua de señas mexicana '' ( LSM ) Navajo Sign Language PISL Nicaraguan Sign Language local `` Idioma de señas nicaragüense '' ( ISN ) Old Cayman Sign Language village gave rise to Providence Island SL ? Quebec Sign Language French - ASL mix `` Langue des Signes Québécoise '' ( LSQ ) Panamanian Sign Language ASL, some Salvadoran influence `` Lengua de señas panameñas '' Paraguayan Sign Language related to Uruguayan ? `` Lengua de Señas Paraguaya '' ( LSPy ) Peruvian Sign Language isolate `` Lengua de señas peruana '' Puerto Rican Sign Language ASL `` Lengua se señas puertorriqueña '' Providence Island Sign Language village Salvadoran Sign Language isolate Trinidad and Tobago Sign Language isolate ? ASL taught in schools ; most deaf bilingual Uruguayan Sign Language `` Lengua de Señas Uruguaya '' Urubú Sign Language village ( AKA Kaapor Sign Language ) Venezuelan Sign Language isolate `` Lengua de señas venezolana '' ( LSV ) Asia / pacific Language Origin Notes Afghan Sign Language indig, or ASL creole ? Alipur Sign Language village Amami Oshima Sign Language village or idioglossia Japan Auslan British ( Australian Sign Language ) Ban Khor Sign Language village ( Plaa Pag is a dialect ) Bhutanese Sign Language ? Burmese sign language ? may be two languages Cambodian Sign Language = mixed LSF, BSL, ASL, various dialects within Chinese Sign Language Chinese `` 中國 手語 '' ( ZGS ) Enga Sign Language village PNG Ghandruk Sign Language village ( Nepal ) Hawaiʻi Sign Language ? Hong Kong Sign Language Shanghai Sign Language `` 香港 手語 '' ( HKSL ). Derives from the southern dialect of CSL. Huay Hai Sign Language village ( Thailand ) ( no data ) Indo - Pakistani Sign Language Indian conflicting reports on whether Indian and Pakistani SL are one language or two. Jakarta Sign Language ASL : Malaysian ? : Indonesian a variety of Indonesian Sign Language Japanese Sign Language Japanese `` Nihon Shuwa ( 日本 手話 ) '' ( JSL ) Jhankot Sign Language village ( Nepal ) Jumla Sign Language village ( Nepal ) Kata Kolok village ( AKA Bali Sign Language, Benkala Sign Language ) Laotian Sign Language ( related to Vietnamese languages ; may be more than one SL ) Korean Sign Language `` 한국 수어 ( or 한국 수화 ) '' / `` Hanguk Soo - hwa '' Macau Sign Language `` 澳門 手語 '' Malaysian Sign Language ASL `` Bahasa Isyarat Malaysia '' ( BIM ) Mongolian Sign Language ? `` Монгол дохионы хэл '' Na Sai Sign Language village ( Thailand ) ( no data ) Naga Sign Language village ? ( India ) last reported in 1921 Nepali Sign Language Indian Indigenous sign language with inputs from Indian Sign Language, American Sign Language, International Sign, and others New Zealand Sign Language British ( NZSL ) Old Bangkok Sign Language local ( or village ? ) Old Chiangmai Sign Language local ( or village ? ) Papua New Guinean Sign Language British Penang Sign Language local ( Malaysia ) Philippine Sign Language French ( PSP ) Rennellese Sign Language home sign, not a full language ( Solomon Islands ) Solomon Islands Sign Language Samoan Sign Language Auslang Selangor Sign Language ASL ? ( Malaysia ) Singapore Sign Language `` 新加坡 手语 '' is actually just Signed Exact English. The daily language is unknown. Sri Lankan sign languages local ( 14 deaf schools with different languages ) Taiwanese Sign Language Japanese 臺灣 手語 / Taiwan Ziran Shouyu Tibetan Sign Language local Thai Sign Language ASL ( TSL ) `` แบบ สะกด นิ้ว มือ ไทย '' ( incl. Hai Yai ) Vietnamese sign languages local ( Hanoi Sign Language, Ho Chi Minh Sign Language, Haiphong Sign Language ; some may be related to some of the Thai languages ) Yogyakarta Sign Language ASL : Malaysian ? : Indonesian a variety of Indonesian Sign Language Yolŋu Sign Language local Europe Language Origin Notes Albanian Sign Language `` Gjuha e Shenjave Shqipe '' Armenian Sign Language isolate Austrian Sign Language French : Austro - Hungarian `` Österreichische Gebärdensprache '' ( ÖGS ) British Sign Language British ( BSL ) Bulgarian Sign Language French : Austro - Hungarian : Russian Catalan Sign Language French ? ( or `` Catalonian Sign Language '' ) `` Llengua de Signes Catalana '' ( LSC ) Croatian Sign Language French : Austro - Hungarian : Yugoslav ( Croslan ) `` Hrvatski Znakovni Jezik '' ( HZJ ) Czech Sign Language French : Austro - Hungarian `` Český znakový jazyk '' ( CZJ ) Cyprus Sign Language ASL × GSL `` Κυπριακή Νοηματική Γλώσσα '' ( CSL ) Danish Sign Language French `` Dansk Tegnsprog '' ( DTS ) Dutch Sign Language French `` Nederlandse Gebarentaal '' ( NGT ) Estonian Sign Language `` Eesti viipekeel '' Finnish Sign Language Swedish `` Suomalainen viittomakieli '' ( SVK ) Finland - Swedish Sign Language Swedish `` finlandssvenskt teckenspråk '' ( Swedish ) or `` suomenruotsalainen viittomakieli '' ( Finnish ). A single Swedish school in Finland, now closed. Flemish Sign Language Lyons ? : Belgian `` Vlaamse Gebarentaal '' ( VGT ) French Sign Language `` Langues des Signes Française '' ( LSF ) Georgian Sign Language ? ( 1 ) German Sign Language German `` Deutsche Gebärdensprache '' ( DGS ) Greek Sign Language French - ASL mix `` Ελληνική Νοηματική Γλώσσα '' ( GSL ) Hungarian Sign Language `` Magyar jelnyelv '' Icelandic Sign Language French : Danish `` Íslenskt Táknmál '' Irish Sign Language French `` Teanga Chomharthaíochta na hÉireann '' ( ISL / ISG and TCÉ ) Italian Sign Language French `` Lingua dei Segni Italiana '' ( LIS ) Kosovar Sign Language French : Austro - Hungarian : Yugoslav `` Gjuha e Shenjave Kosovare '' ( GjShK ) Latvian Sign Language French `` Latviešu Zīmju Valoda '' Lithuanian Sign Language `` Lietuvių gestų kalba '' Lyons Sign Language isolate ( or Lyons family ) Macedonian Sign Language ? Македонски знаковен јазик / Makedonski znakoven jazik Maltese Sign Language `` Lingwi tas - Sinjali Maltin '' ( LSM ) Northern Ireland Sign Language British ( mixed ) Norwegian Sign Language French : Danish `` Tegnspråk '' ( NSL ) Polish Sign Language Old - French, German `` Polski Język Migowy '' ( PJM ) Portuguese Sign Language Swedish `` Língua Gestual Portuguesa '' ( LGP ) Romanian Sign Language French `` Limbaj Mimico - Gestual Românesc '' ( LMG ) Russian Sign Language French : Austro - Hungarian `` Russkiy zhestovyi yazyk '' / русский жестовый язык Slovakian Sign Language `` Slovenský posunkový jazyk '' Slovenian Sign Language French : Austro - Hungarian : Yugoslav `` Slovenski znakovni jezik '' Spanish Sign Language isolate `` Lengua de signos española '' ( LSE ) Swedish Sign Language Swedish `` Svenskt teckenspråk '' ( TSP ) Serbian Sign Language Serbian `` Srpski znakovni jezik '' ( SZJ ) Swiss - French Sign Language French ? `` Langage Gestuelle '' Swiss - German Sign Language French ? `` Deutschschweizer Gebärdensprache '' ( DSGS ) Swiss - Italian Sign Language French ? Turkish Sign Language Isolate `` Türk İşaret Dili '' ( TİD ) Ukrainian Sign Language French `` Українська жестова мова ( УЖМ ) '' Valencian Sign Language `` Llengua de Signes en la Comunitat Valenciana '' ( LSCV ) Walloon Sign Language Lyons ? : Belgian `` Langue des Signes de Belgique Francophone '' ( LSFB ) Yugoslav Sign Language French : Austro - Hungarian Middle east Language Origin Notes Al - Sayyid Bedouin Sign Language village ( ABSL ), Negev Egyptian Sign Language Arab Emirati Sign Language Arab Ghardaia Sign Language village ( Algerian Jewish Sign Language ) deaf & hearing, Algeria → Israel Iraqi Sign Language Arab العراقى مترجمي لغة الاشارة Perhaps close to Levantine. Israeli Sign Language local שפת סימנים ישראלית Jordanian Sign Language Arab, Levantine Lughat il - Ishaarah il - Urduniah / الاردنية مترجمي لغة الاشارة ( LIU ) Kuwaiti Sign Language Arab لغة الاشارة الكويتية Lebanese Sign Language Arab, Levantine Lughat al - Isharat al - Lubnaniya / لغة الإشارات اللبنانية Mardin Sign Language village one extended family in Turkey Omani Sign Language Arab ? Palestinian Sign Language Arab, Levantine `` لغة الاشارات الفلسطينية '' Persian Sign Language Qatari Unified Sign Language Arab ? Saudi Sign Language isolate `` لغة الإشارة السعودية '' Seraglio Sign Language Ottoman court Syrian Sign Language Arab, Levantine Yemeni Sign Language Arab `` لغة الإشارة اليمنية '' Historical deaf sign languages Martha 's Vineyard Sign Language Old French Sign Language -- ancestral to the French family Old Kent Sign Language Auxiliary sign languages Australian Aboriginal sign languages ( Warlpiri Sign Language, Yolngu Sign Language, etc. ) Baby Sign -- using signs to assist early language development in young children. Contact Sign -- a pidgin or contact language between a spoken language and a sign language, e.g. Pidgin Sign English ( PSE ). Curwin Hand Signs -- a technique which allows musical notes to be communicated through hand signs. International Sign ( previously known as Gestuno ) -- an auxiliary language used by deaf people in international settings. Makaton -- a system of signed communication used by and with people who have speech, language or learning difficulties. Monastic sign language Plains Indian Sign Language Plateau Sign Language Signalong -- international sign assisted communication techniques used to support children and adults with communication or learning difficulties Manual modes of spoken languages For a more extensive list see Manually Coded Language. This page lists only those MCLs with pages on Wikipedia. General Cued Speech -- a hand / mouth system ( HMS ) to render spoken language phonemes visually intelligible. Fingerspelling -- alphabetic signs to represent the written form of a spoken language. English Manually Coded English Signing Exact English ( SEE2 ) Malay Bahasa Malaysia Kod Tangan ( BMKT ) Speech - taboo languages Caucasian Sign Language Australian Aboriginal sign languages ( though Yolŋu Sign Language does not correspond to any one language, and doubles as a language of the deaf ) Genetic classification of sign languages Main article : Sign language § Classification Languages are assigned families ( implying a genetic relationships between these languages ) as British, Swedish ( perhaps a branch of BSL ), French ( with branches ASL ( American ), Austro - Hungarian, Danish, Italian ), German, Japanese, and language isolates. See also Contact sign Intercultural competence Legal recognition of sign languages List of sign languages by number of native signers Manual alphabet Sign language World Federation of the Deaf References Jump up ^ Woodward, James ( 1991 ), `` The relationship of sign language varieties in India, Pakistan, and Nepal '', Sign Language Studies, 78 : 15 -- 22. Jump up ^ Parkhurst, Stephen ; Parkhurst, Dianne ( 1998 ), `` Introduction to Sign Language survey '', Notes on Sociolinguistics, 3 : 215 -- 42. Jump up ^ Ciupek - Reed, Julia ( 2012 ), Participatory methods in sociolinguistic sign language survey : A case study in El Salvador ( PDF ) ( MA thesis ), University of North Dakota. Jump up ^ Aldersson, Russell R ; McEntee - Atalianis, Lisa J ( 2007 ), A Lexical Comparison of Icelandic Sign Language and Danish Sign Language, Studies in Applied Linguistics ( 2 ), Birkbeck. Jump up ^ For a classification, ( ( Citation last = Wittmann first = Henri year = 1991 title = Classification linguistique des langues signées non vocalement language = fr trans - title = Linguistic classification of non vocally signed languages journal = Revue québécoise de linguistique théorique et appliquée volume = 10 number = 1 page = 215 -- 88 url = http://www.nou-la.org/ling/1991a-class.pdf format = PDF ) ). Jump up ^ Kamei, Nobutaka. The Birth of Langue des Signes Franco - Africaine : Creole ASL in West and Central French - speaking Africa, paper presented at Languages and Education in Africa ( LEA ), University of Oslo, June 19 -- 22, 2006. Jump up ^ Kamei, Nobutaka ( 2004 ). The Sign Languages of Africa, `` Journal of African Studies '' ( Japan Association for African Studies ) Vol. 64, March, 2004. ( NOTE : Kamei lists 23 African sign languages in this article ). Jump up ^ `` History of the deaf and sign languages in Africa '' ( in Japanese ). Aacore. December 25, 2006. Jump up ^ `` Africa - Sign Language ''. LibGuides. Gallaudet University Library. 2012 - 03 - 07. Retrieved 2012 - 05 - 21. Jump up ^ Diane Brentari, Sign Languages, p 406 Jump up ^ `` Structure of ASL and Libras ''. University of Connecticut. Retrieved 1 August 2015. Jump up ^ `` Lei 10.436 de 24 de abril de 2002 ''. Brazilian Government. Archived from the original on 10 September 2010. Retrieved 2018 - 02 - 07. Jump up ^ Pamela Perniss, Roland Pfau, Markus Steinbach ; Visible Variation. Walter de Gruyter, 2007. ( p. ix ) Jump up ^ EUD. `` European Union of the deaf : Cyprus ''. Eud.eu. Retrieved 2012 - 05 - 21. Jump up ^ `` Mardin Sign Language ''. University of Central Lancashire. 2010 - 09 - 16. Retrieved 2012 - 05 - 21. External links Ethnologue -- Deaf sign languages Multiple accessible sign languages dictionaries Signes du Monde, directory for all online Sign Languages dictionaries ( in French ) / ( in English ) Sign language List of sign languages List by number of signers Language families Sign languages by family Afroasiatic Mofu - Gudur Arabic Sign Egyptian Kuwaiti Libyan Qatari Unified Yemeni Iraqi -- Levantine Iraqi Levantine Arabic Jordanian Lebanese Palestinian Syrian Possible Emirati Saudi Omani Banzsl Auslan Papua New Guinean BSL Northern Ireland Fijian Maritime NZSL Sāmoan South African Swedish Finland - Swedish Portuguese Teckenspråk Viittomakieli E. Trans - Fly Meriam Francosign Proto - LSF Algerian Catalan Valencian Chilean Estonian French Irish Australian - Irish Libras Lithuanian Romanian Swiss - German Amslanic American Black ASL Protactile BIM Bolivian Burmese Cambodian Costa Rican Dominican Greek Cypriot Jamaican Kuala Lumpur Panamanian Philippine Puerto Rican Quebec Singapore BISINDO Jakarta Yogyakarta Francophone African Ethiopian Chadian Ghanaian Guinean LaSiMa Moroccan Nigerian Sierra Leonean Austro - Hungarian Austrian Czech Hungarian Slovak Ukrainian Russian Bulgarian Georgian Latvian Moldovan Mongolian Russian Yugoslav Croatian Kosovar Serbian Slovenian Yugoslav Old Belgian VGT LSFB Danish Danish Icelandic Malagasy Norwegian Dutch Dutch Gambian Italian LIS Tunisian Mexican LSM Honduran Viet - Thai Hai Phong Hanoi Ho Chi Minh Thai Germanosign German Luxembourgish Polish Shassi Indo - European Armenian Women 's Indo - Pakistani Sign Bangalore - Madras Beluchistan Bengali Bombay Calcutta Delhi Nepali North West Frontier Province Punjab - Sindh Jarrakan Miriwoong Kentish Old Kentish Chilmark Chilmark MVSL Meemul Tziij Highland Maya Nohya Mirndi Djingili Original Thai Sign Chiangmai Hai Phong Old Bangkok Paget Gorman Namibian Pama -- Nyungan Eltye eltyarrenke Iltyeme iltyeme Rdaka rdaka Manjiljarra Warlmanpa Warramunga Mudburra Ngada Umpila Western Desert Western Torres Strait Islander Yan - nhaŋu Yir Yoront Yolŋu Diyari Jaralde Kalkutungu Pitha Pitha Warluwara Paraguayan - Uruguayan Sign Paraguay Uruguay Plains Sign Talk Hand Talk Anishinaabe Apsáalooke Arikara Chaticks si Chaticks Cheyenne Coahuilteco Dane - zaa Diné Hinono'eino Hiraacá Icāk Karankawa Liksiyu Maagiadawa Meciciya ka pekiskwakehk Nakota Ni Mii Puu Niimíipuu Niitsítapi Nųmą́khų́ ki Nʉmʉnʉʉ Omaha Palus Piipaash Ppánkka Schitsu'umsh Shiwinna Sioux Taos Tickanwa tic Tháumgá Tsuu T'ina Umatilla Wazhazhe Wichita Wíyut'a / Wíblut'e Wyandot Plateau A'aninin Kalispel ʾa qanⱡiⱡⱡitnam Nesilextcl'n Secwepemcékst Sqeliz Providencia -- Cayman Sign Provisle Old Cayman ( Guyanese ) Shuwa gozoku Nihon Shuwa Suhwa Táiwān Shǒuyǔ Worrorran Worora Kinship Zhōngguó Shǒuyǔ Chinese Shanghai Shanghai Hong Kong Macau Isolates Afghan Al - Sayyid Bedouin Albanian Amami Oshima Armenian Plaa Pag Huay Hai Na Sai Atgangmuurniq Belizean Bhutanese Bökyi lagda Bribri Brunca Bura Chatino Cuban Diné Family Dogon Ecuadorian Eritrean Enga Ghandruk Ghardaia Guatemalan Guinea - Bissau Henniker Hoailona ʻŌlelo Jhankot Jumla Ka'apor Kajana Kafr Qasim Kata Kolok Kenyan Somali Keresign Kisindo Konchri Sain Lyons Macedonian Maltese Magannar Hannu Mardin Mauritian M'bour Mossi Mozambican Mumu kasa Nicaraguan Old Costa Rican Ottoman Pasa kidd Penang Persian Peruvian Rennellese Rwandan Sandy River Salvadoran Spanish Tebul Trinidad and Tobago Turkish Ugandan Venezuelan West African Adasl Burasl Mofu - Gudur Nanabinsl Yiddish Yoruban Zambian Other Ethiopian languages Laotian languages Sri Lankan languages Sudanese languages Tanzanian languages ( 7 + ) International Sign By region Sign languages by region Oceania Australia Auslan Australian - Irish Eltye eltyarrenke Iltyeme iltyeme Rdaka rdaka Manjiljarra Warlmanpa Warramunga Mudburra Ngada Umpila Western Desert Western Torres Strait Islander Yir Yoront Yolŋu Hawai'i Haoilona ʻŌlelo Sāmoa & America Sāmoa Sāmoan Aotearoa New Zealand NZSL Solomon Islands Rennellese Asia Bengal Bengali Cambodia Cambodian China Chinese Indonesia Indonesian Kata Kolok ( Benkala, Balinese ) India Alipur Bengali Indo - Pakistani Naga Iran Persian Israel Al - Sayyid Bedouin Ghardaia Israeli Kafr Qasem Yiddish Japan Amami Oshima Nihon Shuwa Korea Korean Laos Laotian Malaysia Malaysian Penang Selangor Mongolia Mongolian Nepal Ghandruk Jhankot Jumla Nepalese Philippines Philippine Saudi Arabia Saudi Singapore Singapore Sri Lanka Sri Lankan Taiwan Taiwanese Tibet Bökyi lagda Thailand Bangkok Chiangmai Thai Pasa kidd Vietnam Vietnamese Africa Algeria Algerian Ghardaia Ghana Adamorobe Nanabin Kenya Kenyan Mali Tebul LaSiMa Nigeria Bura Magannar Hannu Senegal Mbour Somalia & Djibouti Somali South Africa South African Tanzania Tanzanian Uganda Ugandan Zambia Zambian North America Plains Sign Talk Canada American Protactile Blackfoot Cree Ojibwa MSL Quebec Atgangmuurniq Plateau Mexico Chatino Mayan Mexican United States American Black American Protactile Blackfeet Cree Cheyenne Ojibwa Keresign Martha 's Vineyard Navajo Navajo Family Sandy River Valley Henniker Central and South America Argentina Argentine Belize Belizean Bolivia Bolivian Brazil Libras Ka'apor Cayman Old Cayman Chile Chilean Colombia Colombian Provisle Costa Rica Bribri Brunca Old Costa Rican New Costa Rican Ecuador Ecuadorian Guatemalan Guatemalan Mayan Honduras Honduras Nicaragua Nicaraguan Paraguay Paraguayan Peru Peruvian Sivia El Salvador Salvadoran Old Salvadoran Uruguay Uruguayan Venezuela Venezuelan Europe Armenia Armenian Austria Austrian Belgium Flemish French Belgian United Kingdom British Croatia Croatian Denmark Danish Netherlands Dutch Estonia Estonian Finland Finnish France Ghardaia French Lyons Germany German Greece Greek Hungary Hungarian Iceland Icelandic Ireland Irish Italy Italian Kosovo Kosovar Lithuania Lithuanian Luxembourg Luxembourgish Macedonia Macedonian Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Norway Norwegian Poland Polish Portugal Portuguese Russia Russian Slovenia Slovenian Spain Catalan Spanish Valencian Sweden Swedish Switzerland Swiss Turkey Mardin Turkish Ukraine Ukrainian International International Sign Makaton Monastic Signalong ASL Grammar Idioms Literature Profanity Name signs Extinct languages Chilmark Diyari Jaralde Kalkutungu Henniker Sign Language Martha 's Vineyard Old French Old Kent Plateau Sign Language Pitha Pitha Sandy River Valley Sign Language Warluwara Linguistics Grammar ( ASL ) Bimodal bilingualism Cherology Handshape / Location / Orientation / Movement / Expression Mouthing Sign names Fingerspelling American British ( two - 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Question: how many kinds of sign language are there in the world
Answer: perhaps three hundred