Signed French

Signed French (''français signé'') is any of at least three

manually coded Manually coded languages (MCLs) are a family of gestural communication methods which include gestural spelling as well as constructed languages which directly interpolate the grammar and syntax of oral languages in a gestural-visual form—that ...

forms of

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

that apply the words (signs) of a national sign language to French word order or grammar. In France, Signed French uses the signs of

French Sign Language French Sign Language (french: langue des signes française, LSF) is the sign language of the deaf in France and French-speaking parts of Switzerland. According to ''Ethnologue'', it has 100,000 native signers. French Sign Language is related ...

; the Belgium system uses the signs of

French Belgian Sign Language The French Belgian Sign Language (french: Langue des signes de Belgique francophone; LSFB) is the deaf sign language of the French language Community of Belgium, a country in Western Europe. It and Flemish Sign Language are very closely related ...

, and in Canada the signs of

Quebec Sign Language Quebec Sign Language, known in French as Langue des signes québécoise or Langue des signes du Québec (LSQ), is the predominant sign language of deaf communities used in francophone Canada, primarily in Quebec. Although named Quebec sign, LSQ ...

. Signed French is used in education and for simultaneous translation, not as a natural form of communication among deaf people.

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