British Sign Language

English

Proper noun

British Sign Language

1. A language that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behaviour to communicate both concrete and abstract ideas; some signs are based on English words, but BSL syntax and grammar are not based on English.

Synonyms

• BSL

Translations

sign language used in the United Kingdom

• Irish Gaelic: Teanga Chomharthaíochta na Breataine
• Scots: Breetish Sign Leid
• Scottish Gaelic: Cànan-soidhnidh Bhreatainn
• Welsh: Iaith Arwyddion Prydain