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Turkish Sign Language
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<p>Turkish Sign Language is the language used by the <a href="/facts/Deaf/PT2xcLaX">deaf</a> community in <a href="/facts/Turkey/KIYAWAs0">Turkey</a>. As with other <a href="/facts/Sign_languages/Wjfl9Db6">sign languages</a>, TİD has a unique grammar that is different from the oral languages used in the region. </p><p>TİD uses a two-handed <a href="/facts/Manual_alphabet/WSc3GMEy">manual alphabet</a> which is very different from the two-handed alphabets used in the <a href="/facts/BANZSL/BNS9wgWR">BANZSL</a> sign languages. It also uses the tongue in certain phrases. </p>