American sign language biography
American sign language words...
American Sign Language
Sign language used predominantly in the US
"ASL" redirects here.
American sign language biography
For other uses, see ASL (disambiguation).
"Canadian Sign Language" redirects here. For French Canadian Sign Language, see Quebec Sign Language. For the sign language specific to Canada's Atlantic provinces, see Maritime Sign Language.
| American Sign Language | |
|---|---|
| Native to | United States, Canada |
| Region | Northern America |
| Signers | Native signers: 730,000 (2006)[1] L2 signers: 130,000 (2006)[1] |
Language family | |
| Dialects | |
Writing system | None are widely accepted si5s (ASLwrite), ASL-phabet, Stokoe notation, SignWriting |
Official language in | none |
Recognised minority | through legislation: Canada (federal); Saskatchewan (provincial); Ontario (provincial) only in domains of: legislation, education and judiciary proceedings.[2] through resolutions: Alberta, Manitoba. |