Assertion: british sign language | /r/HasProperty | bsl
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text: For example, British Sign Language (BSL) and American Sign Language (ASL) are quite different and mutually unintelligible, even though the hearing people of the United Kingdom and the United States share the same spoken language.
text: The interpretation flow is normally between a sign language and a spoken language that are customarily used in the same country, such as French Sign Language (LSF) and spoken French in France, Spanish Sign Language (LSE) to spoken Spanish in Spain, British Sign Language (BSL) and spoken English in the U.K., and American Sign Language (ASL) and spoken English in the US and most of anglophone Canada (since BSL and ASL are distinct sign languages both used in English-speaking countries), etc.
text: For example, British Sign Language (BSL) is a different language from ASL, and Americans who know ASL may not understand BSL.
text: American Sign Language (ASL) is quite different from British Sign Language (BSL), despite the fact that English is the spoken language of both countries.
text: For example, British Sign Language (BSL) differs notably from ASL.
text: British Sign Language (BSL), Auslan and New Zealand Sign Language
text: There is also the European deaf sign language tradition in Australia, with British Sign Language (BSL) and Irish Sign Language (ISL) having been brought to this country by deaf convicts and immigrants from the early 19th century onwards.
text: For example, American Sign Language (ASL) and British Sign Language (BSL) are not copies of English.
text: For example, there is American Sign Language (ASL), British Sign Language (BSL) and various others, based on different languages.
text: Although the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia share English as a common oral and written language, ASL is not mutually intelligible with either British Sign Language (BSL) or Auslan.:68
text: British Sign Language (BSL)
text: About British Sign Language (BSL) and Its Use
text: British Sign Language (BSL) is a form of sign language that is used in Britain and involves the use of hand movements, gestures, body language and facial expressions to communicate.
text: British Sign Language (BSL) is a sign language used in the United Kingdom (UK), and is the first or preferred language of some deaf people in the UK.
text: Let Sign Shine is a campaign started by Norfolk teenager Jade Chapman to raise the awareness of British Sign Language (BSL) and attract signatures for a petition for BSL to be taught in schools.
text: It is also used in Northern Ireland, alongside British Sign Language (BSL).
text: American Sign Language (ASL or Ameslan) and British Sign Language (BSL) evolved independently of one another, so it would be very difficult, or even impossible, for an American deaf person to communicate with an English deaf person.
text: The language of which British Sign Language (BSL), Auslan and New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) may be considered dialects.
text: Auslan is related to British Sign Language (BSL) and New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL); the three have descended from the same parent language, and together comprise the BANZSL language family.
text: Although the United Kingdom and the United States share English as a spoken and written language, British Sign Language (BSL) is quite different from ASL, and the two sign languages are not mutually intelligible.
text: British Sign Language (BSL)
text: New Zealand Sign Language has its roots in British Sign Language (BSL), and may be technically considered a dialect of British, Australian and New Zealand Sign Language (BANZSL).
text: Who uses British Sign Language (BSL)?
text: Most Deaf people who use sign language in the UK use British Sign Language (BSL).
text: Auslan is related to British Sign Language (BSL) and New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL); the three have descended from the same parent language, and together comprise the BANZSL language family.
text: British Sign Language (BSL)
text: In the UK, the term sign language usually refers to British Sign Language (BSL).
text: There is also Amercian Sign Language (ASL), British Sign Language (BSL), Chinese Sign Language, French Sign Language and so on.
text: This means that Auslan's mother language is British Sign Language (BSL) and has adapted from that.
text: Hand depictions of letters of the alphabet in British Sign Language (BSL).
text: In the last few years, there has been an increasing amount of interest in British Sign Language (BSL).
text: The sign language used in England and the UK is known as British Sign Language (BSL).
text: For example, in the United Kingdom, Makaton uses signs from British Sign Language (BSL); the signs are mainly from the London and South East England regional dialect.
text: Although the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia share English as a common oral and written language, ASL is not mutually intelligible with either British Sign Language (BSL) or Auslan.:68
text: There are a number of different types around the world, including British Sign Language (BSL).
text: British Sign Language (BSL) has a slightly different alphabet for left and right handed people, but the American Sign Language only has a one-handed set.
text: The British Sign Language Alphabet Using British Sign Language (BSL) means you very often need to spell out words using signs for individual letters.
text: The sign language used by the Deaf Community in the UK is called British Sign Language (BSL).
text: For example, American Sign Language (ASL) and British Sign Language (BSL) are not copies of English.
text: British Sign Language (BSL) makes use of space and involves movements of the hands, body, face, and head.
text: SSE uses the same sign as British Sign Language (BSL), but unlike Signed English (SE), you do not have to sign every word.
text: The School of Sign Language and Primary Sign vision is to inspire schools to embrace the opportunity to deliver a truly bilingual philosophy – treating the learning of British Sign Language (BSL) and English with equal importance.
text: New systems were developed for deaf adults to transition into British Sign Language (BSL), thus causing the pivot in use.[citation needed]
text: Thus the systems used especially by the deaf, such as British Sign Language (BSL), or American Sign Language (ASL or Ameslan).
text: In British Sign Language (BSL), the handshape of little finger extended from the fist is found in such signs as BAD, ILL, END, etc., while signs made with the handshape of thumb extended from the fist include GOOD, RIGHT, AGREE, and so on.
text: British sign language (BSL) was recognised by the government as a language in its own right in March 2003.
text: British Sign language (BSL) is a visual-gestural language which makes use of three dimensional space and the movement of hands (and other parts of the body) to convey meaning.