Why isn’t there a universal sign language?

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Why isn’t there a universal sign language? One that everyone around the world could learn so that they would be understood no matter where they lived, or travelled to? Who decided it was a better idea to have more than one?

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Someone else had a good explanation, but I’ll throw this in: the world wasn’t always as connected as it is now, and sign language much like spoken language would have developed regionally.

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