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Homework Center – Frequently Asked Questions Foreign Languages Sign Language Start by reading about sign language in the encyclopedia and see the American Sign Language and…sign language
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Manual alphabet sign language, gestural communication used as an alternative or replacement for speech. Sign languages resemble oral languages in every way other than their…American Sign Language and Braille
Sign language for the deaf was first systematized in France during the 18th century by Abbot Charles-Michel l'Epée. French Sign Language (FSL) was brought to the United States in 1816 by…manual language
(Encyclopedia) manual language: see sign language.language of signs
(Encyclopedia) language of signs: see sign language.Gallaudet University
(Encyclopedia) Gallaudet University, at Washington, D.C.; coeducational; with federal support. It was founded (1856) as the Kendall School, a training school for deaf and blind students, by Edward…Scott, Hugh Lenox
(Encyclopedia) Scott, Hugh Lenox, 1853–1934, U.S. army officer, b. Danville, Ky., grad. West Point, 1876. He was assigned (1876) to military service in the West and took part in the Sioux, Nez Percé…ogham
(Encyclopedia) ogham,&sp;ogam, or ogumogumall: ŏgˈəm, ōˈəm [key], ancient Celtic alphabet of one of the Irish runic languages. It was used by the druids and abandoned after the first few…Gros Ventre
(Encyclopedia) Gros VentreGros Ventregrō văNˈtrə [key] [Fr.,=big belly], name used by the French for two quite distinct Native North American groups. One was the Atsina, a detached band of the…bonobo
(Encyclopedia) bonobo, smaller of two species of chimpanzee, genus Pan. Whereas the common chimpanzee, P. troglodytes, lives in forests across most of equatorial Africa, the bonobo, P. paniscus (…Trending
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