American Sign Language
sign language used predominately in the United States
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Summary
American Sign Language is a sign language[1]. It ranks in the top 0.61% of sign language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,555 views/month, #1 of 163).[2]
Key Facts
- Influenced by: French Sign Language[3], Martha's Vineyard Sign Language[4], home sign[5]
- Country: United States[6], Canada[7]
- Instance of: language[8], modern language[9]
- Subclass of: French Sign Language family[10]
- Writing system: SignWriting[11], Stokoe notation[12], ASLwrite[13]
- Commons category: American Sign Language[14]
- Wikimedia language code: ase[15]
- Inception: 1817[16]
- Topic's main category: Category:American Sign Language[17]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 250,000[18]
- Native label: 𝣷𝪜 𝤃𝪜 𝣜𝪜[19]
- Short name: ASL[20]
- Exact match: http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133077063[21]
- Ethnologue language status: 5 Developing[22]
- Linguistic typology: subject–verb–object[23]
- Category for films in this language: Category:American Sign Language films[24]
- Social media followers: 50,189[25]
Why It Matters
American Sign Language has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]