Are There Different Sorts of Sign Language?

1. "Are there different sorts of Sign language?"

<< Hundreds of sign languages are in use around the world and are at the cores of local deaf cultures. Some sign languages have obtained some form of legal recognition, while others have no status at all. >> [1]

2. "You know how there are different sorts of verbal language like Spanish, Russian, and French? Well, are there different types of Sign language or is there one universal Sign language?"

<< On the whole, deaf sign languages are independent of oral languages and follow their own paths of development. For example, British Sign Language and American Sign Language are quite different and mutually unintelligible, even though the hearing people of Britain and America share the same oral language >> [1]