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A sign language (also signed language) is a language which uses manual communication instead of sound to convey meaning - simultaneously combining handshapes, orientation and movement of the hands, arms or body, and facial expressions to express fluidly a speaker's thoughts. Sign languages commonly develop in deaf communities, which can include interpreters and friends and families of deaf people as well as people who are deaf or hard of hearing themselves.
When people using different signed languages meet, communication is significantly easier than when people of different spoken languages meet. Sign language, in this respect, gives access to an international deaf community.
However, contrary to popular belief, sign language is not universal. Wherever communities of deaf people exist, sign languages develop, but as with spoken languages, these vary from region to region. They are not based on the spoken language in the country of origin; in fact their complex spatial grammars are markedly different. However, various signed "modes" of spoken languages have been developed, such as Signed English and Warlpiri Sign Language. Hundreds of sign languages are in use around the world and are at the core of local Deaf cultures. Some sign languages have obtained some form of legal recognition, while others have no status at all.
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French Sign Language
German Sign Language
Italian Sign Language
Japanese Sign Language
Malaysian Sign Language
Mexican Sign Language
Nicaraguan Sign Language
Norwegian Sign Language
Sign Language of Québec
Sign Language of Singapore
Sign Language of The Netherlands
Spanish Sign Language
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@nickybyrneoffic random question, just curious do u know any sign languages? I'm deaf but I can understand ur music easily thats y I'm a fan
xVickyRx (Vicky Robinson) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:11:51 -0000
@nickybyrneoffic random question, just curious do u know any sign languages? I'm deaf but I can understand ur music easily thats y I'm a fan
RT @BeautynBeast8: --- cody will be playing as santa clause as they will be doing sign languages! Can't wait!
UniqueGifts2009 (Cindy Hutchison) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:52:27 -0000
RT @BeautynBeast8: --- cody will be playing as santa clause as they will be doing sign languages! Can't wait!
@labellavitah learn2lingo has all those languages (except sign!) if you wanted a lesson?
learn2lingo (l2l Team) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:43:35 -0000
@labellavitah learn2lingo has all those languages (except sign!) if you wanted a lesson?
Photo: Sign languages for no boys allowed http://tumblr.com/x594q6rk0
SarahShahiFan83 (ShyGirl) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:39:16 -0000
Photo: Sign languages for no boys allowed http://tumblr.com/x594q6rk0
Rocket Languages- American Sign Language.: ...featuring a Free LITE VERSION of the Rocket Sign Language softwar.. http://bit.ly/5rXy24
mnnycrnr (many craner) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:13:21 -0000
Rocket Languages- American Sign Language.: ...featuring a Free LITE VERSION of the Rocket Sign Language softwar.. http://bit.ly/5rXy24
What other languages do I like? Spanish, German, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Tagalog, Hindi/Tamil, Indonesian..not sign language
FaridahAR (Faridah Abdul Rashid) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:12:40 -0000
What other languages do I like? Spanish, German, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Tagalog, Hindi/Tamil, Indonesian..not sign language
ACERO - Freeware fingerspelling software which supports ASL, BSL, and Indonesian.
Asian Sign Languages Bibliography - Links to bibliographic entries for thirteen Asian Sign Languages: Australasian, Chinese (CSL), Hong Kong (HKSL), Indian (INS), Indonesian, Japanese (JSL), Korean (KVK), Malaysian (BMT), Nepalese (NSP), Philippine (PSP), Sri Lankan (SQS), Taiwanese (TSS) and Thai (TSQ). Full-text articles not included.
Brazilian Sign Language Dictionary - Two-volume set available for purchase.
Meta Description: [ SignWriting: Read, write, type Brazilian Sign Language of the Deaf. LIBRAS. SignWriting Journal. SignWriter shareware, Sutton fonts, sign dictionaries, literature. ]
Chinese Sign Language Fact Sheet - From Jeremy Wilkinson and Berna Marthinussen. In English.
Deaf Action Front - Aims to improve the position of Flemish Sign Language and its signers. Information on the web site is given in Dutch, Flemish Sign Language, and English.
Meta Description: [ De website van het Doof Actie Front, DAF, uit Vlaanderen, België, dat opkomt voor de Vlaamse Gebarentaal en haar gebruikers. ]
Down Syndrome and Sign Language - Article that discusses whether using sign language in Down Syndrome interferes with speech later?
Meta Description: [ Does signing in Down's Syndrome help increase speech, or is it detrimental? Parents discuss whether sign language helped with speech in their child, or not. ]
Ethnologue Language Family Index: Deaf Sign Language - Index of world signed languages from Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Joseph E. Grimes and Barbara F. Grimes, Editors, 14th Edition 2002.
Meta Description: [ List of languages of Deaf sign language. ]
Indic Fingerspelling Project - Project to devise a common fingerspelling system for the Indian subcontinent, bridging the Hindi, Bengali, Gujurati, Punjabi and other sign languages of India.
Meta Description: [ Volunteer-run project to create a pan-Indian sign language (Finger Spelling) ]
International Sign Language - Brief explanation with citations from Dr. Steven Schaufele. Reprinted from the LINGUIST list.
Libras - Offers a videotape and workbook to assist with learning Brazilian Sign Language at a beginning level.
Meta Description: [ Portal de Libras destinado a comunidade surda, familiares e pessoas interessadas em aprender e divulgar a Língua Brasileira de Sinais e os direitos das pessoas surdas. ]
Machine Gesture and Sign Language Recognition - Resources about using computers to capture and decipher sign languages.
Maritime Sign Language Project Report - Study of a minority sign language in Eastern Canada. From the Canadian Cultural Society of the Deaf, May 1999.
Myths About Sign Language - Hugh Young from New Zealand dispels universal myths about sign languages, as well as about Pidgin as Maori.
Name Signs and Identity in New Zealand Sign Language - Exclusive excerpt from Gallaudet University Press, by David and Rachel Locker McKee.
Sign Language Assessment - Overview on different sign language assessments and provides information on test development and testing.
Meta Description: [ Sign Language Tests & Assessment Instruments - an overview. This site on Sign Language Tests and Assessment Instruments provides information about sign language assessment, sign language test development,and sign language testing ]
Sign Writing - Transcription system for signed languages. Catalogs, library, online lessons, forum, downloadable SignWriter shareware, Sutton fonts, sign dictionaries, literature.
Meta Description: [ SignWriting: Read, write, type all Sign Languages of the Deaf. Sign Languages are now written languages! Free lessons online teach symbols for handshapes, movements and facial expressions. Download SignWriting software, dictionaries, literature. Non-profit for Deaf Education. ]
Sign, Gesture and Deafness in South Asian and South West Asian History - Historical linguistics research by M. Miles. Treats use of sign language from antquity to the present in India, Aghanistan, Bangladesh, Burma/Myanmar, Iraq, Nepal, Pakistan, Persia/Iran and Sri Lanka.
SignGenius - Interactive software for learning South African Sign Language.
Meta Description: [ Sign Language Software for American Sign Language (ASL) and South Afican Sign Language (SASL). Save
Time, Money and Effort. Free Demo Download. ]
Taiwanese Sign Language - Taipei Ph.D. Student Rung-Huei Liang introduces some gestures of TSL. Links to his gesture-recognition research.
The Greek Manual Alphabet Page - Small .gif images of Greek fingerspelling. Displays written letters in Roman and Greek forms. From deafblind.com.
Meta Description: [ The Greeck Manual Alphabet ]
The Noun Phrase in Estonian Sign Language from a Typological Perspective - B.A. thesis by Merilin Miljan, Estonian Institute for the Humanities.
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