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BSL noun[ U ] uk /ˌbiː.esˈel/ us /ˌbiː.esˈel/ abbreviation forBritish Sign Language: a sign language(= a language that uses hand, face, and body movements rather than words) developed and used in the UK: All our teachers and staff are fluent in BSL. BSL has evolved its own syntax, grammar, and even regional variations. Compare
ASL For audience members who cannot understand BSL, there are spoken interpretations. Deaf people in the community appear to learn BSL easily, even if they do not start until after leaving school. The child's hearing mother was a qualified BSL interpreter and worked in a school with deaf children. There has been too little research into BSL learning. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Language names Albanian American English American Sign Language Amharic Angrezi Ebonics Filipino Finno-Ugric Frisian Georgian Greenlandic Mongolian Montenegrin Nahua Nahuatl Nauruan Romany Semitic Vietnamese Yiddish |