What’s the deal with Sign-Supported English (SSE), Signing Exact English (SEE), Pidgin Sign Language (PSE) and true sign languages like ASL, BSL, AUSLAN and ISL? Is it enough to learn SSE or do you need the grammar and syntax of true sign languages to communicate? How different can they be?

This video should provide some insight into the big difference between SSE, SEE and true sign languages. I use three examples with the same meaning in SSE and ISL, to illustrate this. Hopefully it clears things up and helps push you towards learning some of the grammar and syntax of your local sign language.

00:15 Are SSE and SEE sign languages or manual language systems?

00:48 What is the definition of Sign-Supported English?

01:33 What is the definition of Signing Exact English?

02:19 Are SSE and SEE easy for Deaf people to understand?

03:19 What is Pidgin Signed English?

03:49 Three examples of SSE versus Irish Sign Language