Sign Languages
There are 12 deaf institutions in the country, most teach French Sign Language or variations. American Sign Language is also practiced in the country.
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Famous quotes containing the words sign and/or languages:
“Prepare for death, if here at night you roam,
And sign your will before you sup from home.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
“No doubt, to a man of sense, travel offers advantages. As many languages as he has, as many friends, as many arts and trades, so many times is he a man. A foreign country is a point of comparison, wherefrom to judge his own.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)