List of Monastic Sign Languages
- Benedictine sign language
- (Cluny dialect)
- Anglo-Saxon monastic sign language (defunct)
- Augustinian Sign Language = Canons Sign Language (defunct)
- Dublin Cathedral (defunct)
- Ely Cathedral (defunct)
- Paris (defunct)
- Trappist Sign Language
- Cistercian Sign Language
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