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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That is the same reason we all have different languages. It’s made up really long ago, all in their own ways. And if you ask them to all used the same language it’s like asking a American to speek Japanese.

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