Dutch Sign Language
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Dutch Sign Language is the predominant sign language used by deaf people in the Netherlands.
Education for the deaf-and-mute in Amsterdam (1938). Pupil in front of the class feels the educator's larynx move when making sounds.
French Sign Language
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French Sign Language is the sign language of deaf and hard-of-hearing people in France and in French-speaking parts of Switzerland. According to Ethnologue, it has 100,000 native signers.
Dutch Sign Language
…modern users has been greatly reduced. History Origins French Sign Language family tree Old French Sign Language (influenced by l'Epée c. 1760–1789) French Sign Language (c. 1790–present) Belgian Sign Language (c. 1790–2000) Dutch Sign Language (c. 1790–present) Austro-Hungarian Sign Language (c. 1780–1920) American…
Vintage illustration of the French fingerspelling