WHAT IS SIGN LANGUAGE ?
Sign language
It is a method of communicating that relies on hand gestures and movements, body language, and facial expressions rather than spoken words. Sign languages are prominently use by Deaf and Hard of Hearing people.
Sign Languages are natural human languages that have developed wherever deaf people have come together to form communities. Sign Languages are fully complex human languages that are on a par with spoken languages at every level of linguistic organization means they have their own grammar and lexicon like spoken language.
In Sign Language, fingerspelling is extremely important. A particular sign is there for each letter of the alphabet.
On your hand, you can use these letter signs to spell out words – most commonly names and places – and sentences. If you don’t know or can’t remember some signs, fingerspelling is a simple way to communicate.