Signing is gesture or only pantomime. Sign languages are based on spoken languages. Sign languages have been demonstrated to be true languages at par with spoken languages. Spoken languages are based ...

MANILA, Philippines — Despite the presence of a law, advocates in the deaf community believe more needs to be done to promote Filipino Sign Language. The FSL Act or Republic Act 11106, signed into law ...

The theme for International Mother Language Day 2020 being celebrated today, Feb. 21, is “Languages without borders.” Unesco declares that at least 43 percent of the estimated 6,000 languages spoken ...

(1st UPDATE) As the Filipino deaf community strives for its language to be more widely recognized, two organizations share how Filipino Sign Language continues to grow amid the exclusion of the deaf ...

[This is the first in a series of INQUIRER.net’s special reports on the Philippine Deaf community and Filipino Sign Language.] On the International Day of Sign Languages, Sept. 23, we celebrate the ...

The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Jay-R De Lara, who ...