sign language

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There was also the sign language with Kimiko, and the connection.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Lifelong friends John Carberry and Brian Symington have spent the past 40 years working tirelessly to promote sign language in NI.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

The act also created a duty for the government to report on progress towards greater promotion and use of sign language in government communication with the public.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

The Republic of Ireland passed legislation in 2017, providing for the recognition of Irish Sign Language, its use in legal proceedings and the provision of interpretation into sign language by public bodies.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

The girl couldn’t talk, couldn’t communicate at all except in the inadequate sign language she had invented—a language even her mother only half-understood.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler