English-Spanish translations for sign language

• lengua de señas
• lengua de signos
  . (EN) Señor Presidente, doy la bienvenida al intérprete de lengua de signos. Mr President, I welcome the sign language interpreter.
  Sería bueno considerar la lengua de signos como una lengua minoritaria. It would be good if sign language could be considered a minority language.
  Personalmente, he pedido que también se preste atención a la lengua de signos. I myself have spoken in favour of greater attention being given to sign language.

Definition of sign language

• One of several natural languages, typically used by the deaf, in which words and phrases are represented by hand shapes, motions, positions, and facial expressions
• The sign language that is used locally or that is mistakenly believed to be the only one
• Sign languages considered collectively
• Communication through gestures used when speech is impossible, for example, between monks under a vow of silence or people speaking different languages

Related words

• sign languages
• sign language|Sign Language
• American Sign Language
• French Sign Language
• British Sign Language
• Argentine Sign Language
• Brazilian Sign Language
• Quebec Sign Language
• Japanese Sign Language