British Sign Language
{'<entity_0>': 'sign language used in the United Kingdom (UK)', '<entity_1>': 'manually coded English', '<entity_2>': 'British Sign Language', '<entity_3>': 'sign language', '<entity_4>': 'United Kingdom', '<entity_5>': 'BSL'}
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<entity_2> (<entity_5>) is a <entity_0>, and is the first or preferred language of some deaf people in the UK. Many thousands of people who are not deaf also use <entity_5>, as hearing relatives of deaf people, <entity_3> interpreters or as a result of other contact with the British deaf community. His early use of a form of <entity_3>, the combined system, was the first codification of what was to become <entity_2>. Like many other <entity_3>, <entity_5> phonology is defined by elements such as handshape, orientation, location, movement, and non-manual features. Although the <entity_4> and the United States share English as the predominant oral language, <entity_2> is quite distinct from American Sign Language (ASL) - having only 31% signs identical, or 44% cognate. The <entity_3> used in Australia and New Zealand, Auslan and New Zealand Sign Language, respectively, evolved largely from 19th century <entity_5>, and all retain the same manual alphabet and grammar and possess similar lexicons. The <entity_3> used in Sri Lanka is also closely related to <entity_5> despite the oral language not being English, demonstrating the distance between <entity_3> and spoken ones. In Northern Ireland, there are about 4,500 users of <entity_5> and 1,500 users of Irish Sign Language, an unrelated <entity_3>. Communication Support Workers (CSWs) are professionals who support the communication of deaf students in education at all ages, and deaf people in many areas of work, using <entity_2> and other communication methods such as <entity_1>. Let Sign Shine is a campaign started by Norfolk teenager Jade Chapman to raise the awareness of <entity_2> (<entity_5>) and attract signatures for a petition for <entity_5> to be taught in schools.
['sign language', 'modern language']