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How do you sign American Sign Language?

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American Sign language is for use by and with deaf and hard of hearing people (many hearing people also "speak" ASL) and involves hand signals, bodily gestures, and facial expressions for use of communication.

To Sign "American Sign Language" in ASL, you would sign:
"america", the "er" or "person/individual" sign, "sign", and "language.

A quick way is to simply spell A S L.

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