wortlose Verständigung durch Gesten, Fingerspiel (z.B. bei Taubstummen), Flaggensignale u.a.
Language used by deaf people that involves movements of the hands, face, and the upper part of the body, not the voice. Signs do not correspond exactly to words as their meaning depends on the “speaker’s” movements and facial expressions. There are as many sign languages as there are spoken ones.