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About sign language
British Sign Language is the preferred language of about 70,000 deaf people in Britain.
With family, friends, professionals and students of BSL, the number of people using BSL daily is probably over 250,000.
BSL is completely different from English. It has its own grammar, word order and linguistics.
Sign language is growing in popularity – and visibility. It’s now seen much more often on TV because of broadcasting regulations. And it was recognised as “a language in its own right” by the UK government in March 2003.
Other European countries have also started to officially recognise their indigenous sign languages after campaigns by the Deaf community.
