{"id":75930,"date":"2024-01-26T16:04:36","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T14:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/?post_type=magazin&#038;p=75930"},"modified":"2026-10-09T11:55:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T09:55:22","slug":"the-silent-language","status":"publish","type":"magazin","link":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/silence\/the-silent-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Sign language: the silent language of deaf people"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"cover--lead-in has-spacing--none\">\r\n\r\n    \r\n    <div class=\"cover--lead-in__content typo--tiempos\">\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"entry-categories\">\n\t<a class=\"post__tag\" href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine-category\/silence\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Silence<\/a><\/div>\r\n        <h2 class=\"cover--lead-in__headline headline-size--s\">\r\n            Sign language: the silent language of deaf people        <\/h2>\r\n\r\n                    <div class=\"cover--lead-in__text\">\r\n                <p>Deaf, but not mute: how deaf people communicate in a loud world \u2013 and what hearing people hardly know about it.<br \/>\n<strong>By Leonie Dulle<\/strong><\/p>\n            <\/div>\r\n        \r\n                    <div class=\"cover--lead-in__author\">\r\n                \r\n                    \r\n                            <figure class=\"cover--lead-in__author__image\">\r\n\r\n                                \r\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\r\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/StilleSprache_04-1-68x68.png\"\r\n                                    srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/StilleSprache_04-1-68x68.png 68w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/StilleSprache_04-1-52x52.png 52w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/StilleSprache_04-1-96x96.png 96w\"\r\n                                    width=\"68\"\r\n                                    height=\"68\"\r\n                                    alt=\"\"\r\n                                \/>\r\n\r\n                                \r\n                            <\/figure>\r\n\r\n                                    <\/div><!-- .cover--lead-in__author -->\r\n        \r\n    <\/div><!-- .cover--lead-in__content -->\r\n\r\n    \r\n        <figure class=\"cover--lead-in__image cover--lead-in__media cover--lead-in__media--image\">\r\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\r\n                src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/gebaerden-online-magazin-3-1920x1281.jpg\"\r\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/gebaerden-online-magazin-3-1920x1281.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/gebaerden-online-magazin-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/gebaerden-online-magazin-3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/gebaerden-online-magazin-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/gebaerden-online-magazin-3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/gebaerden-online-magazin-3-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/gebaerden-online-magazin-3-1400x934.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/gebaerden-online-magazin-3-1050x700.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/gebaerden-online-magazin-3-670x447.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/gebaerden-online-magazin-3-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/gebaerden-online-magazin-3-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/gebaerden-online-magazin-3-150x100.jpg 150w\"\r\n                width=\"1920\"\r\n                height=\"1281\"\r\n                alt=\"\"\r\n                style=\"object-position: 57.67% 66%\"\r\n            \/>\r\n        <\/figure>\r\n\r\n        \r\n    \r\n<\/div><!-- .cover--lead-in -->\r\n\r\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph is-style-typo--soehne has-spacing--s wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>Photos: Antonia Teichert, Marius Zweifel, Tetyana Chernyavska<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--default wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>People have signed for as long as there have been languages.<\/strong> In the past, it was not only deaf people who used signs to communicate, but monks too. In the 18th century, the cleric Abb\u00e9 de l\u2019\u00c9p\u00e9e founded the first school for deaf people in France where sign language was taught. Germany followed shortly afterwards with a similar institution. During the Industrial Revolution, however, the language was pushed back, because society assumed that deaf people could not do the same work as hearing people. As a result, sign language was discriminated against. It was not until the 1980s that Siegmund Prillwitz \u2013 a linguist and \u2018inventor\u2019 of German Sign Language (DGS) \u2013 helped to make signing seem more normal. In 2002 the time finally came: DGS was recognised in law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"tableau has-spacing--none\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"tableau__column--left\">\n    \n    <figure class=\"block-photo post__image--full has-spacing--none no-title\">\n\n        <div class=\"post__image__container\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \n                src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gebaerden.jpg\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gebaerden.jpg 800w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gebaerden-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gebaerden-768x494.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gebaerden-670x431.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gebaerden-420x270.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gebaerden-350x225.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gebaerden-150x97.jpg 150w\"\n                width=\"800\" \n                height=\"515\"\n                alt=\"\" \n            \/>\n            \n                    <\/div><!-- post__image__container -->\n\n        \n    <\/figure><!-- post__image -->\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"tableau__column--right\">\n    \n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--default wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"headline-block has-spacing--xs\">\n\n        <h2 class=\"post__headline\">How does signing work?<\/h2>\n\n        \n    <\/div>\n\n    \n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--s wp-block-paragraph\">Sign language is used above all by deaf and hard-of-hearing people. It is a natural language and, for many, their mother tongue. Although only around 83,000 people in Germany are deaf, DGS is used by almost 250,000 people, according to the Westphalia-Lippe Regional Association. Besides deaf people, hard-of-hearing people, interpreters and relatives also use sign language. <br><br>For deaf people to understand others without difficulty, it is important to be able to see the other person clearly. Signing is done not only with the hands; according to sign language interpreter Christina Weide, facial expressions and mouth patterns are also an important part of the language. \u2018That way, emotions of every kind and even irony can be expressed,\u2019 the interpreter explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--s wp-block-paragraph\">The finger alphabet helps to spell out all sorts of names and unfamiliar words and is firmly anchored in sign language. At the beginning of a speech, for example, the speaker\u2019s name is spelt out and a recognisable feature is added. As an example, the interpreter mentions her own name, \u2018Weide\u2019 (willow), and the sign that goes with it: \u2018tree\u2019. Once a person has been assigned a sign, only that sign is used in conversation \u2013 which saves you constantly spelling out names. <br><br>The grammar differs greatly from spoken language. DGS builds sentences more or less the other way round. An example: \u2018The bird sits on the tree.\u2019 In DGS the sentence is: \u2018Bird tree sits on.\u2019 According to Weide, with every sentence you build yourself a stage. Just as sign language differs from country to country, each German state has its own dialect. You can imagine it like Bavarian or Saxon, Weide explains. Some signs are different. This happens especially often with abstract words such as the days of the week, which, for example, have three different signs across Germany. \u2018Sign language is particularly different in Bavaria and Hamburg compared with, say, East Westphalia-Lippe,\u2019 the interpreter explains. Still, people can communicate across the country without major problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"headline-block has-spacing--xs\">\n\n        <h2 class=\"post__headline\">Where can you learn sign language?<\/h2>\n\n        \n    <\/div>\n\n    \n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--default wp-block-paragraph\">So that deaf people can enjoy TV programmes too, there is an option to watch programmes with an interpreter who translates what is said into DGS at the same time. This way you can watch the Eurovision Song Contest final, various fairy tales and much more. <br><br>According to the Federal Accessibility Agency, subtitles, on the other hand, are of little use to deaf people. Because the grammar of DGS is so different from spoken German, the written language is like a foreign language. This means that deaf people first have to learn the spoken language in order to cope with subtitles. Even then, subtitles do not contain all the content and are patchy. Weide believes DGS should also be offered as a language in schools to make everyday life easier for deaf people. If you are interested in learning DGS yourself, you can do so at many adult education centres. Interested people can also find out more online and teach themselves the language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-spacing--default has-spacing--default\">\n<div class=\"devider has-spacing--none\">\n    <hr>\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"headline-block has-spacing--xs\">\n\n        <h2 class=\"post__headline\">Related to this story<\/h2>\n\n        \n    <\/div>\n\n    \n\n\n\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"teaser-grid grid-layout--3col has-spacing--s width--inline\">\r\n\r\n            \r\n                <article class=\"post-teaser\">\r\n\r\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/silence\/shopping-with-autism-too-bright-too-loud-too-much\/\" rel=\"permalink\">\r\n\r\n                        <div class=\"post-teaser__content\">\r\n\r\n                            <span class=\"entry-categories\">Silence<\/span>\r\n                            <h3 class=\"post-teaser__headline\">\r\n                                Shopping with autism: too bright, too loud, too much                            <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                            <div class=\"post-teaser__excerpt\">\r\n                                <p>Glaring lights, flashing adverts, a babble of voices: for our author, the supermarket regularly becomes an ordeal.<\/p>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                        <\/div><!-- .post-teaser__content -->\r\n\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                            <figure class=\"post-teaser__image\">\r\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \r\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jonas_Dengler-Einkaufen-in-Stille-768x512.jpg\" \r\n                                    srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jonas_Dengler-Einkaufen-in-Stille-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jonas_Dengler-Einkaufen-in-Stille-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jonas_Dengler-Einkaufen-in-Stille-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jonas_Dengler-Einkaufen-in-Stille-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jonas_Dengler-Einkaufen-in-Stille-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jonas_Dengler-Einkaufen-in-Stille-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jonas_Dengler-Einkaufen-in-Stille-1050x700.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jonas_Dengler-Einkaufen-in-Stille-670x447.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jonas_Dengler-Einkaufen-in-Stille-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jonas_Dengler-Einkaufen-in-Stille-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jonas_Dengler-Einkaufen-in-Stille-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jonas_Dengler-Einkaufen-in-Stille.jpg 2000w\" \r\n                                    width=\"768\"  \r\n                                    height=\"512\" \r\n                                    alt=\"A woman shopping in dimmed light at the Edeka supermarket at Herrenh\u00e4user Markt in Hannover\"\r\n                                \/>\r\n                            <\/figure>\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                    \r\n                    <\/a>\r\n\r\n                <\/article><!--- .post-teaser-->\r\n\r\n            \r\n                <article class=\"post-teaser\">\r\n\r\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/silence\/what-is-silence-ten-people-ten-answers\/\" rel=\"permalink\">\r\n\r\n                        <div class=\"post-teaser__content\">\r\n\r\n                            <span class=\"entry-categories\">Silence<\/span>\r\n                            <h3 class=\"post-teaser__headline\">\r\n                                What is silence? 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