Think You Know Your Stuff About Sign Language?

Take this short quiz below and test your knowledge!

1.) What does the acronym, ASL, stand for?

American Sign Language
Amish Sign Language
American Sacred Language
Appreciate Some Lemmings

2.) How many different dialects of sign language are there?

There is only one dialect of sign language
There is 20 different dialects of sign language
There are 138 to 150 different dialects of sign language
What's a 'dialect'?

3.) When was sign language invented?

The 21st Century
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...
The 1990s
The 17th Century

4.) The use of sign language incorporates which of the following?

Finger-spelling & facial expressions
Mathematics
Waving your hands around aimlessly
Absolutely nothing

5.) Who is considered the "Father of Sign Language"?

William Stokoe
Charles-Michel de I'Epee
Samuel Heinicke
Darth Vader, Lord of the Sith

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