Eli5 Why are there different variants of sign language? Couldn’t one form become universal and be understood by all people regardless of language?

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Eli5 Why are there different variants of sign language? Couldn’t one form become universal and be understood by all people regardless of language?

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I’m not sure for other countries but British Sign Language even has regional differences.

At this point, making a universal sign language would be like demanding every country speak the same language. It’s not really plausible and would begin to diminish heritage and culture.

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