Signed French (''français signé'') is any of at least three
manually coded
Manually coded languages (MCLs) are a family of gestural communication methods which include gestural spelling as well as constructed languages which directly interpolate the grammar and syntax of oral languages in a gestural-visual form—that ...
forms of
French that apply the words (signs) of a national sign language to French word order or grammar. In France, Signed French uses the signs of
French Sign Language
French Sign Language (french: langue des signes française, LSF) is the sign language of the deaf in France and French-speaking parts of Switzerland. According to '' Ethnologue'', it has 100,000 native signers.
French Sign Language is rela ...
; the Belgium system uses the signs of
French Belgian Sign Language, and in Canada the signs of
Quebec Sign Language
Quebec Sign Language, known in French as Langue des signes québécoise or Langue des signes du Québec (LSQ), is the predominant sign language of deaf communities used in francophone Canada, primarily in Quebec. Although named Quebec sign, LSQ ...
. Signed French is used in education and for simultaneous translation, not as a natural form of communication among deaf people.
French
French language
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