American Sign Language

• Alternate names: ASL Also: in Canada -- Ameslan, ASL; in Belize -- Belize Sign Language
• Scriptures published: New Testament (2005) Portions (1982--1996)
• Literacy: Literacy is almost always based on English rather than ASL. Deaf people's English varies from highly literate to illiterate, but the average deaf student graduates from high school with a 3rd or 4th grade reading level
• Primary country: United States
• Also used in: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominica, El Salvador, Gabon, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Nigeria, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Singapore, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Virgin Islands, U.S., Zimbabwe
• Religion: No information available.
• Number of users: 7,050 (; ; 3,000)

(data from Ethnologue and other sources)

Scripture

• Watch The JESUS Film in American Sign Language
• Forum of Bible Agencies International: Find a Bible in American Sign Language
• World Bibles: all known Scripture available in American Sign Language on the web
• Joshua Project: American Sign Language — facts and resources

Other

• ScriptSource: writing systems of the world
• Ethnologue entry for American Sign Language — detailed linguistic information.
• Survey Reports at sil.org:
  • American Sign Language Video Comprehension Testing in the Ethiopian Deaf Community
  • Sociolinguistic Profiles of the Deaf Communities in Trinidad, St. Vincent, and Grenada
  • Sociolinguistic Profiles of Twenty-four Deaf Communities in the Americas
  • Sociolinguistic survey report of the deaf community of Guatemala
  • The Deaf People of Haiti
  • The Puerto Rican Deaf Community