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Ameslan

American  
[am-uh-slan, am-slan] / ˈæm əˌslæn, ˈæm slæn /

noun

  1. American Sign Language.

Ameslan British  
/ ˈæməsˌlæn /

noun

  1.  ASL.  American sign language: a language in which meaning is conveyed by hand gestures and their position in relation to the upper part of the body

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Etymology

Origin of Ameslan

An Americanism dating back to 1970–75

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This spawned a whole area of new research based on teaching sign language, specifically Ameslan, the American version of signing.

From BBC

A chimp with a degree in Yerkish or Ameslan exhibits the ability to form concepts from his store of word symbols.

From Time Magazine Archive

Signed English, or manual translation of the language, is used in classes as the teachers speak their lectures, while Ameslan, or American Sign Language, a grammatically different and faster sign language, is used by some teachers and is popular among the students out of class.

From Time Magazine Archive

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