Category:User sgn

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These users use a sign language.

There are five templates for different levels of competence in a sign language:

{{User sgn}} for those who have a sign language as their native, primary or preferred language.
{{User sgn-3}} for those who can use a sign language at an advanced level.
{{User sgn-2}} for those with an intermediate knowledge of a sign language.
{{User sgn-1}} for those with a basic knowledge of a sign language (such as the alphabet).
{{User sgn-0}} for those who do not speak a sign language or understand it with considerable difficulty.

How to use these templates

On your homepage, type {{User sgn-X|Y}}, substituting X for your level of competence and Y for the name of the language.

There are two options for sign language users using the Babel template:

American Sign Language users can use separate templates just like spoken languages, such as {{User ASL-1}}, which will be automatically converted into {{User sgn-x|ASL}} templates. For example, a native speaker of English who is intermediate in ASL may type {{Babel-2|en|ASL-2}}. New templates are simple to make for other sign languages—just follow the format of the ASL templates.
Otherwise one extra step is needed, because of the language parameter. First use the subst keyword to substitute the template code into your homepage. For example, type: {{Subst:Babel-3|hi|en-3|sgn-2}}. Then after saving the page, click "edit this page" again, and add the language parameter to the "User sgn" template. For example, change {{User sgn-2}} to {{User sgn-2|French Sign Language}}.