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American Sign Language

Not endangered

American Sign Language is documented so far only to the level of long grammar.

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FamilySign Language
StatusNot endangered
DocumentationLong grammar
ISO 639-3ase
Glottocodeamer1248

Spoken in Barbados · Burkina Faso · Benin · Bolivia · Canada · Congo - Kinshasa · Central African Republic · Côte d’Ivoire · China · Gabon · Ghana · Jamaica · Kenya · Madagascar · Mauritania · Nigeria · Philippines · Singapore · Chad · Togo · United States · Zimbabwe

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Closest relatives

Languages sharing the deepest branch of Sign Language's family tree with American Sign Language.

  1. Chadian Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Wordlist or less

  2. Ghanaian Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Phonology, text or dictionary

  3. Nigerian Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Phonology, text or dictionary

  4. Burkina Faso Sign Language

    Phonology, text or dictionary

  5. Ethiopian Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Grammar sketch

  6. Gambian Sign Language

    Phonology, text or dictionary

  7. Guinean Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Wordlist or less

  8. Moroccan Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Phonology, text or dictionary

Reference data for American Sign Language from Glottolog 5.2.1, licensed CC-BY-4.0. Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Bank, Sebastian. 2025. Glottolog 5.2.1. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (Available online at https://glottolog.org)