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ISO 639-3 · asease
unclassified · sign language
American Sign Language
𝣷𝪜 𝤃𝪜 𝣜𝪜
American Sign Language is a sign language, spoken in United States and Canada. Wikidata counts about 250,000 speakers (1972). Wikidata describes it as “sign language used predominately in the United States”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
ase- Glottocode
amer1248- Family
- unclassified
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 66 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
3scripts
—levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | American Sign Language · 𝣷𝪜 𝤃𝪜 𝣜𝪜 |
|---|---|
| Also called | ASL, Ameslan, ASLic, Visual American Sign Language |
| All speakers | 250,000 (1972) |
| Written in | SignWriting, Stokoe notation, ASLwrite |
| Kind | sign language |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelwhere it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in United States
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