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Language: American Sign Language

Population of Groups Speaking

920,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

Scripture Status

Complete Bible

Audio Bible

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Jesus Film

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Gospel Recordings

Not Available

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People Group ▲	Country	Country Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Deaf	Barbados	1,400	48,207,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	94.94 %	-1	-1 -
Deaf	Benin	125,000	48,207,000	●	Christianity	2 ●	39.89 %	-1	-1 -
Deaf	Canada	76,000	48,207,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	72.07 %	-1	-1 -
Deaf	Liberia	52,000	48,207,000	●	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	41.43 %	-1	-1 -
Deaf	United States	666,000	48,207,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	77.62 %	-1	-1 -
Deaf	St Vincent and Grenadines	600	48,207,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	90.10 %	-1	-1 -
Totals: 6						0 ●			0

* An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups by country. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker-unit (single person or married couple) per 50,000 living in an unreached people group by country, or for example one team of four worker-units per 200,000 people. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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Photo	People Group ▲	Country	Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
	Deaf	Guatemala	137,000	48,207,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	96.12 %	-1	-1 -
	Totals: 1						0 ●			0

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	ase
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	Complete Bible
Progress Scale	Indeterminate

Language Alternate Names
Ameslan
ASL
Benin Sign Language
Black ASL
Francophone ASL
Gabonese Sign Language
Haitian Sign Language
Langue des signes américaine
Langue des signes congolaise
Langue des signes d’Afrique francophone
Langue des signes de Côte d’Ivoire
Langue des signes de l’Afrique francophone
Langue des signes du Congo
Langue des signes franco-africaine
Langue des signes haïtienne
LSAF Ivoirienne
Tactile ASL (TASL)
Togo Sign Language

Dialects
Black American Sign Language
Myanmar Rangon Sign Language
Tactile American Sign Language
Tactile Asl

Dialect Alternate Names

Bible Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1982-1996
New Testament	2005
Complete Bible	2020

Possible Print Bibles
Amazon
Virtual Storehouse
Forum Bible Agencies
National Bible Societies
World Bible Finder
World Bibles

Resource Directories
Scripture Earth
Language Archives
Linguist List
SIL Resources

Format ▲	Resource (Direct link)	Source (General link)
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament (Faith Comes By Hearing)	Faith Comes by Hearing
Film / Video	God's Story Video	God's Story
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in American Sign Language	Jesus Film Project
General	Gospel resources links (Scripture Earth)	Scripture Earth
Text / Printed Matter	Door International	General / Other
Text / Printed Matter	The Seed Company Translation Project	The Seed Company

The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
1	Unreached - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

Disclaimers:

Joshua Project data is drawn from many sources and of varying accuracy depending on source and editorial decisions. Populations are scaled to the current year. Other data may have varying ages. We welcome suggested updates.
A displayed zero can mean true zero, a very small rounded number or sometimes unknown. Blanks mean an unknown value.
The data is sometimes not as precise as it appears. Values for %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical (which determine unreached status) are often informed estimates, some more accurate than others. We recommend against using %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical to calculate absolute numbers.
Joshua Project makes every effort to ensure that the subject in an image is in fact from the specific people group. In rare instances a representative photo may be used.
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