In Germany, Signed German, known in German as ''Lautsprachbegleitende Gebärden'' or ''Lautbegleitende Gebärden'' (LBG, "Speech-accompanying signs"), is a
manually coded form of
German that uses the signs of
German Sign Language
German Sign Language (, DGS) is the sign language of the deaf community in Germany, Luxembourg and in the German-speaking community of Belgium. It is unclear how many use German Sign Language as their main language; Gallaudet University estimate ...
and is used in Germany. The
Swiss-German Sign Language is used in German Switzerland, while Austria and the German-speaking parts of Italy use
Austrian Sign Language. Signed German, in contrast to the other signed languages which are used a mother tongue and cultural carriers,
is primarily used as a bridge to the German language in education and for simultaneous translation from German, not as a natural form of communication between deaf people.
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German
German language
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