American Sign language resources – Language Links Database

American Sign Language (ASL) – is the predominant sign language of deaf communities in the United States and English-speaking parts of Canada. Besides North America, dialects of ASL and ASL-based creoles are used in many countries around the world, including much of West Africa and parts of Southeast Asia. ASL is also widely learned as a second language, serving as a lingua franca. ASL is most closely related to French Sign Language (FSL). It has been proposed that ASL is a creole language, although ASL shows features atypical of creole languages, such as agglutinative morphology. 

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Native speakers: 250,000–500,000 in the United States (1972)

american sign language resources

ASL Grammar and Pronunciation




ASL Vocabulary



  • Asl.ms - Fingerspelling Practice Site. Shows you sings (you can adjust the speed) and your task is to choose what they mean.


ASL Dictionaries




ASL Listening and Video Resources



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