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American Sign Language (ASL) developed in the United States and Canada, but has spread around the world. Local varieties have developed in many countries, but there is little research on which should be considered dialects of ASL (such as Bolivian Sign Language) and which have diverged to the point of being distinct languages (such as Malaysian Sign Language).

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  • American Sign Language (ASL) developed in the United States and Canada, but has spread around the world. Local varieties have developed in many countries, but there is little research on which should be considered dialects of ASL (such as Bolivian Sign Language) and which have diverged to the point of being distinct languages (such as Malaysian Sign Language). The following are sign language varieties of ASL in countries other than the US and Canada, languages based on ASL with substratum influence from local sign languages, and mixed languages in which ASL is a component. Distinction follow political boundaries, which may not correspond to linguistic boundaries. (en)
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  • MSL (en)
  • JSL (en)
  • Langue des Signes Burundaise (en)
  • Lengua de señas panameñas (en)
  • New Costa Rican Sign Language (en)
  • PRSL (en)
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  • February 2016 (en)
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  • Bolivian Sign Language (en)
  • Panamanian Sign Language (en)
  • Puerto Rican Sign Language (en)
  • Selangor Sign Language (en)
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  • Creole of American Sign , Old Bangkok Sign and Old Chiangmai Sign. Possibly related to sign languages in Vietnam and Laos. (en)
  • Creole of American Sign and Old Costa Rican Sign (en)
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  • sela1253 (en)
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  • Guinean Sign Language (en)
  • Langue des Signes Zairoise (en)
  • Burundi Sign Language (en)
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  • Philippine Sign Language (en)
  • Bolivian Sign Language (en)
  • Costa Rican Sign Language (en)
  • Dominican Sign Language (en)
  • Ghanaian Sign Language (en)
  • Haitian Sign Language (en)
  • Jamaican Sign Language (en)
  • Moroccan Sign Language (en)
  • Panamanian Sign Language (en)
  • Puerto Rican Sign Language (en)
  • Selangor Sign Language (en)
  • Sierra Leone Sign Language (en)
  • Singapore Sign Language (en)
  • Thai Sign Language (en)
  • Nigerian Sign (en)
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  • Guinean Sign Language (en)
  • Chadian Sign (en)
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  • Philippine Sign Language (en)
  • Bolivian Sign Language (en)
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  • Ghanaian Sign Language (en)
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  • Jamaican Sign Language (en)
  • Moroccan Sign Language (en)
  • Nigerian Sign Language (en)
  • Panamanian Sign Language (en)
  • Puerto Rican Sign Language (en)
  • Selangor Sign Language (en)
  • Sierra Leonean Sign Language (en)
  • Singapore Sign Language (en)
  • Thai Sign Language (en)
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  • Bahasa Isyarat Selangor (en)
  • Lengua de Señas Bolivianas LSB (en)
  • Lengua de señas puertorriqueña (en)
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  • Cite error: Invalid ref tag; name "Glottolog" defined multiple times with different content . (en)
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  • unknown number in Nigeria (en)
  • Number includes both pidgin signed English and "natural sign language" (en)
  • Mostly elderly, all bilingual in Malaysian Sign (en)
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  • American Sign Language (ASL) developed in the United States and Canada, but has spread around the world. Local varieties have developed in many countries, but there is little research on which should be considered dialects of ASL (such as Bolivian Sign Language) and which have diverged to the point of being distinct languages (such as Malaysian Sign Language). (en)
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  • Varieties of American Sign Language (en)
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  • Bolivian Sign Language (en)
  • Lengua de Señas Bolivianas LSB (en)
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