Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- I Introduction: Sign Languages, with an Emphasis on Languages -- II The structure of this book -- III Sign Languages of the World: Facts and figures -- 1 American Sign Language -- 2 Argentine Sign Language -- 3 Austrian Sign Language -- 4 Brazilian Sign Language (Libras) -- 5 Cambodian Sign Language -- 6 Chinese Sign Language -- 7 Danish Sign Language -- 8 Eritrean Sign Language -- 9 Finnish Sign Language -- 10 French Sign Language -- 11 Greek Sign Language -- 12 Ha Noi Sign Language -- 13 Hai Phong Sign Language -- 14 Hausa Sign Language -- 15 Ho Chi Minh City Sign Language -- 16 Icelandic Sign Language -- 17 Inuit Sign Language -- 18 Irish Sign Language (ISL) -- 19 Italian Sign Language -- 20 Jamaican Sign Language -- 21 Kenyan Sign Language -- 22 Konchri Sain -- 23 Kurdish Sign Language -- 24 Malaysian Sign Language (BIM) -- 25 Martha's Vineyard Sign Language -- 26 Modern Thai Sign Language -- 27 Norwegian Sign Language -- 28 Original Bangkok Sign Language -- 29 Original Chiang Mai Sign Language -- 30 Quebec Sign Language -- 31 Spanish Sign Language -- 32 Taiwan Sign Language -- 33 Ugandan Sign Language -- 34 Arandic Alternate Sign Language(s) -- 35 Monastic Sign Language from Medieval to Modern Times -- 36 The Old English Monastic Sign Language -- 37 North American Indian Sign Language -- 38 Tshaukak'ui - hunting signs of the Ts'ixa in Northern Botswana -- Index