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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In the case Black Americans Sign Language, segregation forced African Americans to make their own language (they couldn’t attend deaf schools, which were only for the white until relatively recently). I doubt the BASL community is interested in giving up their rich heritage for an international language that might lack some of the nuance their native signing does.
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