Hawaii Pidgin Sign Language is a sign language used in Hawaii. Now largely supplanted by American Sign Language, it is almost extinct and is used only by a few elderly people, who are bilingual in ASL. The language is named for the oral language Hawaii Pidgin and is not itself a pidgin.
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Sign language
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- List of sign languages
- List by number of signers
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Sign languages by region
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Australia
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- Australia: Auslan, Warlpiri, Australian Aboriginal
- Hawaii Pidgin
- New Zealand
- Solomon Islands: Rennellese
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Asia
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- Chinese
- Filipino
- Indonesia: Indonesian, Kata Kolok (Benkala, Balinese)
- Indo-Pakistani
- Israel: Al-Sayyid Bedouin, Israeli
- Japanese
- Korean
- Malaysia: Malaysian, Penang, Selangor
- Mongolian
- Nepal: Ghandruk, Jhankot, Jumla, Nepalese
- Persian
- Saudi Arabia: Saudi
- Singapore
- Sri Lankan
- Taiwanese
- Thailand: Ban Khor, Thai
- Vietnamese
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Africa
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- Algerian
- Ghana: Adamorobe
- Kenyan
- Mali: Tebul
- Nigeria: Bura, Hausa
- Senegal: Mbour
- South African
- Tanzanian
- Ugandan
- Zambian
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Europe
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- Armenian
- Austrian
- Belgium: Flemish
- British
- Croatian
- Danish
- Dutch
- Estonian
- Finnish
- France: Lyons, French
- German
- Greek
- Hungarian
- Icelandic
- Irish
- Italian
- Kosovar
- Lithuanian
- Macedonian
- Northern Ireland
- Norwegian
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Russian
- Slovenian
- Spain: Catalan, Spanish, Valencian
- Swedish
- Swiss
- Turkish
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North America
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- Canada: Maritime, Providence Island, Quebec, Inuit
- Mexico: Mayan, Mexican, Tijuana
- United States: American, Plains Indian, Plateau
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South America
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- Argentine
- Bolivian
- Brasil: Brazilian, Ka'apor
- Chilean
- Colombian
- Ecuadorian
- Guatemalan: Guatemalan, Mayan
- Honduras
- Nicaraguan
- Peruvian
- Salvadoran
- Venezuelan
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International
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- BANZSL
- International Sign (Gestuno)
- Makaton
- Monastic
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| Language families |
- Australian Aboriginal (List)
- British (List)
- Danish (List)
- French (List)
- German (List)
- Japanese (List)
- Swedish (List)
- Isolates (List)
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| American Sign Language |
- Grammar
- Idioms
- Literature
- Profanity
- CHCI chimpanzee center (Washoe, Loulis)
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| Extinct sign languages |
- Martha's Vineyard
- Old French
- Old Kent
- Rennellese (nearly)
- Maritime (nearly)
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| Linguistics |
- Cherology
- Grammar (ASL)
- Handshape
- Mouthing
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| Fingerspelling |
- American
- British (two-handed)
- Catalan
- Chilean
- French
- Irish
- Japanese
- Korean
- Polish
- Russian
- Serbo-Croatian
- Spanish
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| Writing |
- ASL-phabet
- Hamburg Notation System
- SignWriting
- Stokoe notation
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| Language contact |
- Contact sign
- Initialized sign
- Manually Coded English
- Manually Coded Malay
- Mouthing
- Paget Gorman Sign System
- Bilingual–bicultural education
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| Media |
- Films (list)
- Television programs (list)
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| Persons |
- Jabbar Baghtcheban
- Johanna Berglind
- Pär Aron Borg
- Roger Fouts
- Robert J. Hoffmeister
- William Stokoe
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| Organisations |
- Association of Visual Language Interpreters of Canada
- International Center on Deafness and the Arts
- Mimics and Gesture Theatre
- ASL Rose
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| Miscellaneous |
- Baby sign language
- Hand signaling (open outcry)
- Legal recognition
- Tactile signing
- Tic-tac (betting)
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^a Sign-language names reflect the region of origin. Sign languages are not related to a the local oral language. For example, French Sign Language originated in France, but is not related to French.
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