AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE-American Sign Language (ASL) is a complex visual-spatial language that is used by the Deaf community in the United States and English-speaking parts of Canada. It is a linguistically complete, natural language. It is the native language of many Deaf men and women, as well as some hearing children born into Deaf families. ASL shares no grammatical similarities to English and should not be considered in any way to be a broken, mime, or gesture form of English. In terms of syntax, for example, ASL has topic-comment syntax, while English uses Subject-Object-Verb. In fact, in terms of syntax, ASL shares more with spoken Japanese than it does with English.
HISTORY OF SIGN LANGUAGE-American Sign Language has been around for a very long time. American Sign Language actually originated in Europe. However it began, it is clear that it was developed over time. Something that has really promoted the standardization of American Sign Language is the opening of schools in the United States. The first permanent school for the deaf was established in Hartford, Connecticut in 1817. The first and only college for the deaf, Gallaudet College, is located in Washington. Sign Language is Universal to an extent, although each country has its on system of sign language.