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Probably sign language is a cultural thing.
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I always wondered about that. I assumed it was the same everywhere.
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That's probably the same question as to why there's different spoken languages.
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Because of the tower of babble.
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Because of the sign language alphabet. While it may be universal, when translating into different languages, different words are used to convey the same message. This is clearly evident if you use Google Translate and enter a word in English - then translate it into another language. Now imagine how it would look in sign language.
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Different languages have different alphabets. The Japanese have 46 letters. The Chinese have 54,678 characters. Italians only have 21. Russians - 32. Swedish - 29. Tibet - 30. The Hindi - 52. Icelandic - 36. And the list goes on. Different alphabets, different symbols - different signing.
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The words are different and depending on the language, the script, or alphabet is different. Hand signs in Sanskrit are different from English for example because Sanskrit uses devanagari script while English uses Roman script. It is a matter of signing a particular script, as well as signing sounds.
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