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sign language

noun as in language using movements of hands and face

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Example Sentences

Hearing people used sign language even when there was no deaf person present.

The town developed a sign language that everyone in the town used, deaf or not.

And they definitely did not know sign language, at least not well.

I'd teach some of my hearing friends sign language, which they picked up quickly.

South African sign language covers all of the country's 11 official languages.

School exercises in language composition are given with great success upon the basis of the sign-language.

It is only when the sign-language is abused that its merit as a means of instruction degenerates.

So Scouts will not find it hard to pick up the sign language; the motions represent the thing itself.

I faltered with visions of my evenings spent in expressing myself in the sign language.

As Louis knew only four or five words of Dakota, communication had to be carried on principally in sign language.

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On this page you'll find 6 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to sign language, such as: american sign language, asl, and signing.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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