Sign Language Around the World   Links to Sites About Sign Language   The purpose of this page is to provide links to sites about sign languages from different countries.  While there are many sources on the web about American Sign Language, including online dictionaries and linguistics research, comparable sources about other sign languages are much more difficult to find.   The links included on this page are intended for individuals who want to learn a few basic signs from around the world or who want a starting point for finding research and materials available about sign languages worldwide.

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• About.com Sign Language Web Sites:  links to online sign language dictionaries, rated using a star system.
• About Japanese Sign Language: Resource information on Japanese sign language
• Bibliography of Research on NGT (Sign Language of the Netherlands):   a bibliography of published and unpublished scientific work related to NGT

• Bibliography on Deaf Communities in Japan:  includes resources on Japanese Sign Language

• Books, CD-ROMS and Videotapes for Learning Sign:  list of media available for learning ASL, BSL, Gestuno, Israeli Sign Language, and LSQ

• BSL Alphabet:  animated British Sign Language alphabet

• Department of Sign Language in Stockholm University:  Swedish manual alphabet and other information about Swedish Sign Language; text is in Swedish

• Ethnologue:  Language Family Index -- Deaf Sign Language:  listing of 103 different sign languages used around the world; contains information about where each language is used, how many users, and relationships among sign languages

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• Gyeongsang National University:  images of more than 150 Korean signs; text in Korean; may require plug-in for Korean font.  English version also available.

• In the Land of the Deaf:  description of and ordering information for a film about Deaf culture and language in France

• Information About Deafblindness:  shows the UK deafblind manual alphabet and has links to sites about BSL, Braille, and sign languages from around the world

•  International Bibliography of Sign Language:  contains references to articles about Finnish Sign Language and several other sign languages

• International Deaf Associations:  links to associations of the deaf all over the world

• International Sign Language:  A Pathfinder:  links and references to books, periodicals, and videotapes related to international sign languages

• Langues des Signes Francais:  contains information about the history and grammar of LSF (French Sign Language), a list of associations, and a listing of web sites related to LSF; text is in French

• Leiden Sign Phonology Group:  Sign Language Sites on the World Wide Web: comprehensive list of links to sites with information about sign linguistics, deaf issues, sign language research, etc., from various parts of the world; categorizes links as primary sources of information or sites with links

• Links to Information about Japanese Sign Language:  Japanese Sign Language Grammar Laboratory
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• LSQ Alphabet: animated alphabet of the Langue des Signes Quebecois

• Say Hello in Sign Language:  links to French, Russian, and Swedish manual alphabets

• Sign Language Site:  connections to a French sign dictionary and to Cybersign.  Cybersign allows users to type an English word and see the signs for it from different signed languages.  Signs for many common words are not included.
• Sign Media, Inc.:  ordering information for a video entitled Selected Signs From Around the World, which shows signers from different countries

• SignSpell: BSL manual alphabet British Sign Language

• VISUF:  site with information about the Deaf community in France; includes images of the LSF manual alphabet; text in French

• Yamada Language Guides:  links to information about ASL, Danish Sign Language, French Sign Language, German Sign Language, Japanese Sign Language, Norwegian Sign Language, Russian Sign Language, and Swedish Sign Language

     This page was created by Melanie Beegle as a requirement for EDF730 Multicultural Foundations of Education, a graduate course in the School of Education and Human Services, Gallaudet University, with Dr. Barbara Gerner de Garcia. Last Revised June 15, 1999