American Sign Language (sometimes shortened to ASL) is a gesture language used by most of the Deaf community in the United States and Canada. Each country in Europe has its own national signed language. ASL has a sentence structure very different from spoken English and is a full language that developed independently from spoken English. The history of educating deaf students and the use of ASL has been characterized by controversy. ("American Sign Language")
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"American Sign Language." Britannica Academic, Encyclopædia Britannica, 3 Sep. 2024. academic-eb-com.eu1.proxy.openathens.net/levels/collegiate/article/American-Sign-Language/605217. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
