Of course,with signers,their first language has no written system at all, just hand gestures.

VOA: special.2011.04.13

MCC Director Irene Paxia grew up in Italy, and knows first-hand how language barriers can waste precious time in emergencies.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

I think it is a combination of a very,very distinct special language on one hand and then on the other, she has really a story to tell about growing up in a dictatorship but also growing up as a minority in another country and also growing up sort of a stranger for your own family.

VOA: standard.2009.10.08