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BSL now has the same status as Welsh and Scottish Gaelic. More people use BSL daily than either of these other languages! The government finally recognised British Sign Language as an official language on 18 March 2003.

British Sign Language/Sign Supported English Online
Screen from LearnBSL.org BSL Dictionary: 220 signs in 20 categories. Choose a topic (eg food), select a sign from a picture (eg cheese) and watch animated video clips

Good for children as selection is from pictures
Screen from BritishSignLanguage.com BritishSignLanguage.com:  See animated photos of sign. 

Find signs from an alphabetical list, topic lists or common phrases. Also includes downloadable chart of the fingerspelling alphabet.  
Link to RNID Signing RNID Start to Sign: Video clips of some everyday signs. Choose a word from a topic list and watch a video clip of the sign.
Screen from Redditch Deaf Club Vocabulary Redditch Deaf Club: Animated line drawings of signs selected from alphabetical list.  177 signs included.

Multi-channel signs listed separately.

Also includes information on BSL handshapes and fingerspelling.
Screen from ArtSigns.ac.uk Online BSL/English Dictionaries with video clips of BSL signs for:
Screen from Christian Signs Christian Signs

Search for individual signs.

Watch BSL video diaries
Screen from Girl Guides Association Index of BSL Materials Signs for Guides and Brownies

See animated pictures for Taps, The brownie and guide promises and songs.
Screen from SignPost SignPost is part of Tyne Tees Television. 

Line Drawing IconLinks to sites with line drawings of signs and fingerspelling

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