America has another melting pot. It goes hand in hand with the different people groups. It’s the melting pot of language. Focusing on a unique language that is still young is, but has grown fast is American Sign Language or ASL. Throughout the time-line of languages, ASL is young. It has only started being used in the last 250 years throughout the United States. The American style started in the early to mid 19th century. It was adapted from some of the French style. ASL incorporated some of the French style and made it into what it is today.

 Some would call sign language not a real language. Linguists have studied and have concluded that sign language is a real language, with its own simple and complex grammar, and unique sentence structure. The sentence structure is reminiscent of Yoda’s.

                ASL is not the only style though. There is the BANZL style. It is British Australian and New Zealand Sign Language. BANZL has over 75% in similarity, while ASL and BANZL share under 40%. Some countries have their own style of the language. Israel, Japan, Korea, and some of the Scandinavian countries have their own style. Sign language is really a worldwide language. As people say, actions speak louder than words.