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Who Influenced the Development of Sign Language?

Below are the major contributors to the development of sign language.  To learn their contributions, click on their picture.

Girolamo Cardano
www.uni-mainz.de/.../ 6_Transpos/Beispiele.html

Rudolphus Agricola
http://www.thoemmes.com/gallery/image12.htm

Pedro Ponce De Leon
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George Dalgarno (furthest right in red)
http://evans-experientialism.freewebspace.com

John Bulwer
www.npg.org.uk/live/ search/portrait.asp?LinkI

Johamn Konrad Amman
www.ar.ch/orgind. asp?Inhalt=683

Sign language is the best form of communication.  Not only is it used by the deaf, but by all people to enhance their understanding of the world around them.  Because all people can use and understand sign language, it is used to break language barriers and carry information from place to place.