sign language: Quick Facts

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American Sign Language

Charles-Michel, abbé de l'Epée

The alphabet and the numbers 0–10 in Amer. Sign Language.

See the efforts of the University of Melbourne in providing intensive classes to teach Australian sign language, commonly known as Auslan taught wholly by deaf teachers

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Key People

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Edward Miner Gallaudet

American educator and administrator

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Juan Pablo Bonet

Spanish educator

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Roch-Ambroise Cucurron, Abbé Sicard

French abbot

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John Bulwer

English physician, author, and educator