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word "unintelligible" with a chain of five signs ("interior-understand-possible-adjective-not"), the deaf natural language would simply say "understand-impossible". LSF was not invented by the abbé, but his major contributions to the deaf community were to recognize that the deaf did not need oral language to be able to think, and to indirectly accelerate the natural growth of the language by virtue of putting so many deaf students under a single roof.
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The methodical signs he created were a mixture of sign language words he had learned with some grammatical terms he invented. The resulting combination, an artificial language, was over-complicated and completely unusable by his students. For example, where his system would elaborately construct the
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This situation remained unchanged in France until the late 1970s, when the deaf community began to militate for greater recognition of sign language and for a bilingual education system. In 1991 the National Assembly passed the Fabius law, officially authorising the use of LSF for the education of
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Sign-language names reflect the region of origin. Natural sign languages are not related to the spoken language used in the same region. For example, French Sign Language originated in France, but is not related to French. Conversely,
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convened and decided that the oralist tradition would be preferred. In due time the use of sign language was treated as a barrier to learning to talk and thus forbidden from the classroom.
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Denotes the number (if known) of languages within the family. No further information is given on these languages.
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From this time French Sign Language flourished until the late 19th century when a schism developed between the
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both originated in English-speaking countries but are not related to each other; ASL however is related to
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is used both to distinguish signs of LSF and to incorporate French words while signing.
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French Sign Language is frequently, though mistakenly, attributed to the work of
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Sign language used predominately in France and French-speaking Switzerland
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French Sign Language is related and partially ancestral to
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Milan International Congress of Teachers for the Deaf-Mute
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Association of Visual Language Interpreters of Canada
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Quebec (also known as French Canadian) Sign Language
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iltyeme) 3697:Trinidad and Tobago (TTSL) 3551:Hausa (HSL/Magannar Hannu) 2971:Japanese (JSL/Nihon Shuwa) 2365:Estonian (Eesti viipekeel) 1029:Languages of French Guiana 383: 301:Swiss-French Sign Language 5850: 5785: 5754: 5683: 5660: 5635: 5550: 5527: 5516: 5468: 5370: 5308: 5237: 5199: 5164: 5048: 5017:Papua New Guinean (PNGSL) 4880: 4590: 4275: 3966: 3831: 3817: 3758: 3456:Hawaiʻi (Hoailona ʻŌlelo) 3314: 3289: 3266:Ktunaxa (ʾa·qanⱡiⱡⱡitnam) 3250: 3233: 3114: 3105: 3087: 3059: 3023: 2989: 2961: 2915: 2887: 2850: 2814: 2793: 2772: 2751: 2730: 2696: 2673:Kazakh-Russian (KSL/KRSL) 2655: 2646: 2616: 2599: 2582: 2543: 2519: 2437: 2426: 2350: 2341: 2312: 2299: 2290: 2255: 2213: 2168:Papua New Guinean (PNGSL) 2158: 2149: 2119: 2090: 2077: 2068: 2035: 2026: 2001: 1973: 1847: 1831: 1823:List by number of signers 1813: 1760: 1744: 1712: 1691: 1670: 1645: 1609: 1576: 1551: 1500: 1480: 1399: 1392: 1367: 1314: 1293: 1271: 1253: 1235: 1197: 1181: 1163: 1107: 1051: 1035: 969: 933: 902: 849:Language 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(LSA) 2351: 2345: 2339: 2338: 2335: 2334: 2332: 2331: 2326: 2320: 2318: 2316:Uruguayan Sign 2310: 2309: 2307: 2306: 2304:Chilean (LSCh) 2300: 2294: 2293:Uruguayan Sign 2288: 2287: 2285: 2284: 2283: 2282: 2281: 2280: 2279: 2278: 2261: 2259: 2253: 2252: 2249: 2248: 2246: 2245: 2240: 2235: 2230: 2225: 2219: 2217: 2211: 2210: 2208: 2207: 2202: 2197: 2192: 2190:Maritime (MSL) 2187: 2184: 2183: 2182: 2172: 2171: 2170: 2159: 2153: 2147: 2146: 2143: 2142: 2140: 2139: 2134: 2129: 2123: 2121: 2117: 2116: 2113: 2112: 2110: 2109: 2106: 2103: 2100: 2096: 2094: 2088: 2087: 2085: 2084: 2078: 2072: 2066: 2065: 2063: 2062: 2057: 2055:Qatari Unified 2052: 2047: 2042: 2036: 2030: 2024: 2023: 2020: 2019: 2017: 2016: 2011: 2005: 2003: 2002:Zendath Kesign 1999: 1998: 1996: 1995: 1990: 1985: 1979: 1977: 1975:Western Desert 1968: 1967: 1962: 1957: 1954: 1952:Worora Kinship 1949: 1944: 1937: 1932: 1931: 1930: 1920: 1915: 1908: 1903: 1898: 1891: 1884: 1879: 1874: 1869: 1861: 1859: 1845: 1844: 1835: 1829: 1828: 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French manual alphabet
France
Switzerland
Language family
Francosign
Old French Sign
ISO 639-3
fsl
ssr
Glottolog
fren1243
swis1241
ELP
Swiss-French Sign Language
French
sign language
deaf
French-speaking parts

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