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Observe a speech delivered in American Sign Language
A speech in American Sign Language (with English subtitles).
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See the efforts of the University of Melbourne in providing intensive classes to teach Australian sign language, commonly known as Auslan taught wholly by deaf teachers
Learn about Australian Sign Language, commonly known as Auslan.
Video: © University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Learn about the complex and fulfilling work of a sign language interpreter
Job description of a sign language interpreter.
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school for deaf people in Iraq
Deaf and hard-of-hearing students participating in a lesson at a school for deaf...
SSG JoAnn S. Makinano—USAF/U.S. Department of Defense
American Sign Language
Deaf or hard-of-hearing people conversing in American Sign Language (ASL).
David Fulmer (daveynin)
Charles-Michel, abbé de l'Epée
Charles-Michel, abbé de l'Epée, inventor of the manual alphabet (finger spelling),...
© iStockphoto/Thinkstock
The alphabet and the numbers 0–10 in Amer. Sign Language.
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