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American Sign Language (ASL) is the dominant sign language among deaf people in the United States and English-speaking parts of Canada. In fact, this system is a combination of French sign language and signs used by first-grade students in American schools for the deaf. The first teacher of the deaf in such schools in the United States was a person named Laurent Clerc. Since he was French; Therefore, the communication structure of French people has had a great impact on American sign language.