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Noun: sign language  sIn lang-gwij
  1. Language expressed by visible hand gestures
    "The interpreter used sign language to communicate the speaker's words to the deaf audience";
    - signing
Adjective: sign-language
  1. Used of the language of the deaf
    "The sign-language interpreter conveyed the speech to the audience";
    - gestural, sign, signed

Derived forms: sign languages

See also: communicative, communicatory

Type of: language, linguistic communication

Encyclopedia: Sign language

Sign-language