American Sign Language is abbreviated ASL ... sign language, dominant in the Deaf of the United States and parts of English-speaking Canada. Except in North America, the form that ASL and Creole-based ASL in many countries world wide application. including in between the countries of West Africa and parts of Southeast Asia. ASL very similar to a sign language (FSL). It has been said that ASL is a language . however, some features of ASL in language, common and are not known.

ASL in the nineteenth century in the school of the deaf American (ASD) in the city of Hartford, State of Connecticut, was invented.

ASL has a number component (phonemic) that actually contains the movements of the face and hands. ASL is a form of pantomime. but in ASL, the movements of the body relative to languages spoken, the role plays. Many linguists believe ASL is a language -verb-object. but in this context, hypotheses on the other have raised. Sometimes to express the words of the English language have been borrowed from the "spelling fingered".

although there is still a writing system constant for this language does not exist, but the users for the writing of the system writing a variety they use.