Sign for MOUTH in ASL | ASL Dictionary

How do you sign “Mouth” in ASL?

MOUTH: MOUTH in American Sign Language (ASL) names the feature that does the eating and, in ASL, a share of the grammar. The video and GIF below demonstrate the sign.

ASL sign for mouth — animated demonstration

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When do you use MOUTH in ASL?

MOUTH appears in body lessons and dental visits, and it earns a special footnote in ASL, where mouth movements carry grammatical weight of their own. Describing faces and reporting toothaches both run through it.

It appears in Lesson 67 of Book 2.

📖 MOUTH is taught in Lesson 67 of ASLI 2: Building Conversations — Book 2 of the 216-Day Challenge →




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