Trivia: American Sign Language derives from what form of sign language?
Old French Sign Language
British Sign Language
Yucatec Maya Sign Language
Swedish Sign Language
The correct answer is Old French Sign Language
So why is this answer correct? : The fourth-most frequently spoken language in the United States, American Sign Language (ASL) is purposefully not known as “English” sign language because it’s not derived from England. ASL comes from Old French Sign Language, which was officially developed in the 18th century in the deaf community of Paris, France. Educators Thomas Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc then traveled from France to the United States to set up a school for the deaf, where ASL was born.