American Sign Language

English

The phrase "American Sign Language" in ASL, transcribed in Stokoe notation.

The phrase "American Sign Language" in ASL, transcribed in Sutton SignWriting.

Proper noun

American Sign Language

1. A sign language used primarily in the United States of America and Canada.

Synonyms

• Ameslan
• ASL

Translations

language that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behavior to communicate

• American Sign Language: A@Side-PalmForward S@Side-PalmForward L@Side-PalmForward
• Arabic: لُغَة اَلْإِشَارَة الْأَمْرِيكِيَّة f (luḡat al-ʔišāra l-ʔamrīkiyya)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 美國手語／美国手语 (mei⁵ gwok³ sau² jyu⁵)

  Mandarin: 美國手語／美国手语 (zh) (Měiguó shǒuyǔ)

• Danish: amerikansk tegnsprog
• Dutch: Amerikaanse gebarentaal
• French: langue des signes américaine (fr) f
• German: Amerikanische Gebärdensprache f
• Greek: αμερικανική νοηματική γλώσσα f (amerikanikí noïmatikí glóssa)
• Honduras Sign Language: please add this translation if you can
• Inuktitut: ᐆᒃᑐᐊᕋᐅᓯᕋᖅ ᖃᑉᓗᓈᖅᑐᑦ (ooktoaraosiraq qaplonaaqtot), ujjiqsuuraq qablunaaqtut (Inuvialuktun)
• Japanese: アメスラン (Amesuran), アメリカ手話 (Amerika-shuwa)
• Korean: 미국 수화 (Miguk suhwa)
• Navajo: naʼagizhgo haneʼ
• Portuguese: língua de sinais americana f, língua americana de sinais f
• Romanian: limba semnelor americane f
• Russian: амсле́н (ru) m (amslén), америка́нский язы́к же́стов m (amerikánskij jazýk žéstov)
• Scots: American Sign Leid
• Scottish Gaelic: Cànan-soidhnidh Aimeireaga m
• Spanish: lengua de señas americana f
• Turkish: Amerikan İşaret Dili

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of American Sign Language terms

Further reading

• ISO 639-3 code ase (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for American Sign Language, ase ⁠