The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #35425   Message #484642
Posted By: mousethief
15-Jun-01 - 06:57 PM
Thread Name: BS: Minority languages
Subject: RE: BS: Minority languages
There are sign languages from many different countries. ASL is "based on" the French sign language. A really good book to read about sign language and the world of the Deaf is Oliver Sacks' Seeing Voices.

Alex