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  2. French Sign Language - Wikipedia

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    French Sign Language. French Sign Language ( French: langue des signes française, LSF) is the sign language of the deaf in France and French-speaking parts of Switzerland. According to Ethnologue, it has 100,000 native signers. French Sign Language is related and partially ancestral to Dutch Sign Language (NGT), Flemish Sign Language (VGT ...

  3. Engineer's degree - Wikipedia

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    "Ing.") - five years study in French Community of Belgium (3 BSc. + 2 MSc.) or four years of study in the Flemish Community of Belgium (3 BSc. + 1 MSc.), delivered by universities. Names are traditionally prefixed with the ir. and/or Ing. titles, although this practice is not as widespread as in the Netherlands.

  4. Language policy in France - Wikipedia

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    Language policy in France. France has one official language, the French language. The French government does not regulate the choice of language in publications by individuals, but the use of French is required by law in commercial and workplace communications. In addition to mandating the use of French in the territory of the Republic, the ...

  5. British Security Co-ordination - Wikipedia

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    British Security Co-ordination ( BSC) was a covert organisation set up in New York City by the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in May 1940 upon the authorisation of the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill . Its purpose was to investigate enemy activities, prevent sabotage against British interests in the Americas, and mobilise pro ...

  6. French Sign Language Academy - Wikipedia

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    www .languedessignes .fr. The French Sign Language Academy, abbreviated ALSF, is a French association to promote French Sign Language (FSL). It was founded in 1979 by Guy Bouchauveau and Christian Bourgeois, the first president. It offers training in FSL and participates in research of the language in partnership with the International Visual ...

  7. List of Louisiana parishes by French-speaking population

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    The list of Louisiana parishes by French-speaking population was created from the 2000 Census of the United States. [1] Census collects data on languages spoken at home by inhabitants of Louisiana five years of age or more. Responses "French" and "Cajun" are included. Statewide, out of a population 5 years and older of 4,152,122, some 179,750 ...

  8. Sign language - Wikipedia

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    Sign languages (also known as signed languages) are languages that use the visual-manual modality to convey meaning, instead of spoken words. Sign languages are expressed through manual articulation in combination with non-manual markers. Sign languages are full-fledged natural languages with their own grammar and lexicon. [1]

  9. French manual alphabet - Wikipedia

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    The French manual alphabet is an alphabet used for French Sign Language (LSF), both to distinguish LSF words and to sign French words in LSF. The alphabet has the following letters: A. B. C. (seen from the side) D. (seen from the side) E.

  10. French Sign Language family - Wikipedia

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    The French Sign Language ( LSF, from langue des signes française) or Francosign family is a language family of sign languages which includes French Sign Language and American Sign Language . The LSF family descends from Old French Sign Language (VLSF), which developed among the deaf community in Paris. The earliest mention of Old French Sign ...

  11. French Belgian Sign Language - Wikipedia

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    The French Belgian Sign Language ( French: Langue des signes de Belgique francophone; LSFB) is the deaf sign language of the French language Community of Belgium, a country in Western Europe. It and Flemish Sign Language are very closely related (and distantly if at all related to French Sign Language ), but generally regarded today as distinct ...