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american sign language
- National Association of the Deaf (NAD)association
The authoritative American position on ASL — what the language is, why early access matters, and the bilingual education stance — published in ASL video as well as English, so it is the r…
deaf-ledfree - Canadian Association of the Deaf – Association des Sourds du Canada (…association
Canada's national Deaf body: advocacy, position papers on Deaf education and accessibility, and a Deaf resource library in Ottawa — the Canadian counterpart to NAD, not a course provider.
deaf-ledpaid - Gallaudet University — ASL Connectuniversity
Free topic-by-topic ASL video lessons for self-teachers, plus six levels of paid instructor-led online courses (application fee and digital textbook) for anyone who wants structured progr…
deaf-ledfreemium - Handspeakdictionary
The oldest online sign language dictionary: video entries with usage notes, plus grammar tutorials, ASL literature and Deaf-culture articles; core dictionary is free, a Patron subscriptio…
deaf-ledfreemium - American Sign Language University (ASLU) at Lifeprint.com — Dr. Willi…course
A complete free curriculum — sequenced lessons, vocabulary, fingerspelling drills and quizzes — taught voice-off, immersion style, with a companion YouTube channel; the closest thing to a…
deaf-ledfreemium - ASL-LEX (full title on site: "ASL-LEX: A Lexical Database of American…dictionary
An NSF/NIH-funded lexical database of 2,700+ signs with video, phonological features, frequency and iconicity ratings under CC BY-NC — the resource to check when you need a sign's actual…
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british sign language
- British Deaf Associationassociation
The national Deaf-led body for BSL users, with free guidance on BSL and Deaf culture and the authoritative place to point learners for community context rather than just vocabulary.
deaf-ledfree - BSL SignBankdictionary
A free research-grade BSL dictionary with video of Deaf people signing, derived from the BSL Corpus rather than from someone's guess at a handshape.
unclearfree - Signature (trading name of CACDP, the Council for the Advancement of…course
The UK's accredited BSL qualification pathway (Level 1 upward): it does not teach directly but approves the centre network, so it is how a learner finds a real accredited course near them.
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french sign language
- Fédération Nationale des Sourds de France (FNSF)association
The authoritative starting point for LSF in France: its directory (Annuaires) lists the 85+ local Deaf associations that actually run LSF classes near a learner, and its 'Langue des signe…
deaf-ledpaid - Le Dico Elixdictionary
A free French–LSF video dictionary of roughly 28,000 signs and 31,000 definitions that are themselves translated into LSF, so a learner sees the meaning explained in the language rather t…
unclearfree - IVT — International Visual Theatrecourse
The reference LSF school in France since 1977: a 600-hour CEFR-aligned programme of 20 modules from A1 to C1, taught in Paris as intensive weeks, evening classes or at a distance, with DC…
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indian sign language
- Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre (ISLRTC)association
The official national body for ISL: a free self-learning ISL course with certificate, the 10,000-term ISL Dictionary (video, also released as the SignLearn app), and NCERT textbooks rende…
unclearfree - National Association of the Deaf, Indiaassociation
India's Deaf-led national association and the community authority behind ISL advocacy — the right place to check who speaks for ISL and to find affiliated state associations rather than a…
deaf-ledfree - ISH News (India Signing Hands)channel
Daily news, explainers and entertainment presented natively in ISL with captions and voice-over — the largest steady supply of real ISL video for learners; its ISH Shiksha arm sells a str…
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chinese sign language
- 中国盲文手语推广服务中心 — China Braille and Sign Language Promotion Service Cent…university
The official body behind 国家通用手语 (National Standard Sign Language): it publishes the national scheme documents and runs teacher training, so it is where you check whether a CSL form is the…
unclearfree - 手语基础—跟着聋人学手语 (Sign Language Basics — Learn Sign Language from Deaf Pe…course
32 video lessons covering 300+ signs plus real CSL grammar — spatial relations, role shift, verbs, pronouns, negation and questions — rather than word-for-word signed Mandarin; free to au…
deaf-ledfreemium - 基础手语 (Basic Sign Language) — 南京特殊教育师范学院 (Nanjing Normal University of…course
An entry-level 国家通用手语 course from the university that hosts the national Braille/sign promotion centre, aimed at beginners and Deaf children's parents; free to audit and it issues no cert…
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australian sign language
- Auslan Signbankdictionary
The standard free Auslan dictionary and language-resource site, video-based and CC-licensed, and the reference an Auslan course will itself send you to.
unclearfree - Deaf Connect — Education (Auslan classes)course
The largest provider of Auslan classes and accredited qualifications in Australia (RTO #41192), teaching since 1985, with beginner classes online or face-to-face taught by Deaf tutors.
partly Deaf-ledpaid - Deaf Australiaassociation
The national peak body for Auslan users: free public resources including the Deaf Ecosystem information database presented in Auslan, with paid membership optional.
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brazilian sign language
- FENEIS — Federação Nacional de Educação e Integração dos Surdosassociation
The authoritative Brazilian Deaf body: policy positions on Libras, interpreting quality and Deaf education, plus six regional branches that run local Libras courses — the right place to c…
unclearfree - INES — Curso de Libras (Instituto Nacional de Educação de Surdos)university
Brazil's federal Deaf education institute; this page is the hub for its Curso de Libras (structure, enrolment, certificates) and is the government-side reference point for Libras teaching.
unclearfree - Signbank da Libras (UFSC) — the site itself is titled simply "Signban…dictionary
A Global Signbank-methodology lexical database of roughly 3,000 Libras signs with video, phonological description and search by handshape as well as by Portuguese word — the closest thing…
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german sign language
- Deutscher Gehörlosen-Bund e.V. (DGB)association
The national DGS authority: information pages on German Sign Language, DGS video content, and referrals to accredited sign language schools and interpreters.
unclearfree - DGS-Korpus project (IDGS, Universität Hamburg / Akademie der Wissensc…university
The scholarly backbone of DGS: a 2009–2027 Academy-funded corpus of filmed conversations with Deaf signers across Germany, plus the corpus-based DW-DGS dictionary (also reachable at dw-dg…
unclearfree - SignDictdictionary
An open, non-commercial DGS dictionary of roughly 5,500 signs that deliberately shows regional variants of the same word, with videos under Creative Commons and code under MPL — usable as…
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japanese sign language
- 一般財団法人 全日本ろうあ連盟 (Japanese Federation of the Deaf, JFD)association
Japan's national Deaf organisation and the body that standardises JSL vocabulary; its site is free and its Standard Sign Language Handbooks and JSL dictionaries are sold through its own s…
deaf-ledfreemium - 社会福祉法人全国手話研修センター (Japan National Center of Sign Language Education)university
Runs the national JSL proficiency test (全国手話検定試験), interpreter training and the Let's手話! web courses, and hosts the Institute for Sign Language Studies whose free new-sign video database…
unclearfreemium - NPO法人手話教師センター (Japanese Sign Language Teachers Center)course
Trains and certifies JSL teachers using the direct 'Natural Approach' method and publishes a free directory of classes, universities and schools where JSL — as distinct from signed Japane…
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spanish sign language
- CNSE — Confederación Estatal de Personas Sordasassociation
Spain's national Deaf confederation (founded 1936) and the body behind LSE's legal recognition; its network of regional federations and local associations is where in-person LSE courses a…
deaf-ledpaid - DILSE — Diccionario de la Lengua de Signos Española (Fundación CNSE)dictionary
The normative LSE dictionary, over 10,000 signs with photos and video that can be consulted, downloaded and shared under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA licence, built with the Real Academia…
deaf-ledfree - Centro de Normalización Lingüística de la Lengua de Signos Española (…university
The government-funded linguistic authority for LSE, publishing free reference material a serious learner needs beyond vocabulary: GramLSE (a grammar presented in video), the CORLSE corpus…
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