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British Sign Language (BSL) is a sign language used in the United Kingdom and is the first or preferred language among the deaf community in the UK.
28 April 2022. Status: Current legislation. Text of statute as originally enacted. Revised text of statute as amended. The British Sign Language Act 2022 (c. 34) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which legally recognises British Sign Language (BSL) as a language of England, Scotland and Wales.
British, Australian and New Zealand Sign Language (BANZSL) is the language of which British Sign Language (BSL), Auslan and New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) may be considered dialects. These three languages may be considered dialects of a single language (BANZSL) due to their use of the same grammar and manual alphabet and the high degree of ...
May 13, 2024 at 10:15 AM. A young deaf woman has become the first person to deliver a British Sign Language (BSL) speech at Buckingham Palace in front of thousands of Duke of Edinburgh’s Award ...
December 6, 2022 at 9:44 AM. The first British Sign Language (BSL) channel globally has been launched on ITVX, the broadcaster said. ITV’s new streaming platform will host a station that only ...
British Sign Language: British (BSL) Bulgarian Sign Language: French:Austro-Hungarian:Russian: Catalan Sign Language: Catalan (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
British Sign Language. British Sign Language, often abbreviated to BSL, is the language of 125,000 Deaf adults, about 0.3% [25] of the total population of the United Kingdom. It is not exclusively the language of Deaf people; many relatives of Deaf people and others can communicate in it fluently.
japa1238. Japanese Sign Language (日本手話, nihon-shuwa), also known by the acronym JSL, is the dominant sign language in Japan and is a complete natural language, distinct from but influenced by the spoken Japanese language .
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. Auslan has also been influenced by Irish Sign Language (ISL) and more recently has borrowed signs from American Sign Language (ASL).
Yes, there are many links on Wikipedia which have not been reviewed. It's an ongoing project. - MrOllie ( talk) 11:33, 22 August 2010 (UTC) [ reply] I am in favour of Cathsmith's insertion of the link to a free download of the BSL fingerspelling font.