Sign Languages (Natural)

Sign Languages further on these related pages:

American Sign Language Australian Sign Language Austrian Sign Language British Sign Language Danish Sign Language Dictionaries@ Directories French Sign Language German Sign Language History Interpreting Irish Sign Language Italian Sign Language

Japanese Sign Language Malaysian Sign Language Mexican Sign Language Native American Sign Systems Nicaraguan Sign Language Norwegian Sign Language Russian Sign Language Sign Language of Québec Sign Language of Singapore Sign Language of The Netherlands Signing with Babies Spanish Sign Language Swedish Sign Language

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International Sign Language International Sign Language: Brief explanation with citations from Dr. Steven Schaufele. Reprinted from the LINGUIST list. (Sign Languages) http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0202&L=slling-l&D=1&F=&S=&P=82 Deaf Web Ring Deaf Web Ring: Web ring for the deaf and hearing impaired related sites. Details of how to join the web ring. (Sign Languages) http://hem.passagen.se/sdd/deafwebring/dwr.htm Brazilian Sign Language Dictionary Brazilian Sign Language Dictionary: Two-volume set available for purchase. (Sign Languages) http://www.signwriting.org/brazil/brazil21.html Ethnologue Language Family Index: Deaf Sign Language 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. (Sign Languages) http://www.ethnologue.com/ethno_docs/special.asp#sign Libras Libras: Offers a videotape and workbook to assist with learning Brazilian Sign Language at a beginning level. (Sign Languages) http://www.libras.org.br Taiwanese Sign Language Taiwanese Sign Language: Taipei Ph.D. Student Rung-Huei Liang introduces some gestures of TSL. Links to his gesture-recognition research. (Sign Languages) http://www.cmlab.csie.ntu.edu.tw/~f1506028/TSL.html Sign Writing Sign Writing: Transcription system for signed languages. Catalogs, library, online lessons, forum, downloadable SignWriter shareware, Sutton fonts, sign dictionaries, literature. (Sign Languages) http://www.SignWriting.org/ Sign, Gesture and Deafness in South Asian and South West Asian History 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. (Sign Languages) http://www.sign-lang.uni-hamburg.de/bibweb/Miles/Miles.html Asian Sign Languages Bibliography 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) a (Sign Languages) http://www.sign-lang.uni-hamburg.de/bibweb/Keywords/Asian_sl.html Myths About Sign Language Myths About Sign Language: Hugh Young from New Zealand dispels universal myths about sign languages, as well as about Pidgin as Maori. (Sign Languages) http://www.top.net.nz/~hugh/Vanity/Personal/LanguageMyths.html SignGenius SignGenius: Interactive software for learning South African Sign Language. (Sign Languages) http://www.signgenius.com ACERO ACERO: Freeware fingerspelling software which supports ASL, BSL, and Indonesian. (Sign Languages) http://miajava.tripod.com/ Indic Fingerspelling Project 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. (Sign Languages) http://www.altruists.org/projects/if/ Down Syndrome and Sign Language Down Syndrome and Sign Language: Article that discusses whether using sign language in Down Syndrome interferes with speech later? (Sign Languages) http://www.tbinet.org/einstein-syndrome/development/sign_language.htm Maritime Sign Language Project Report Maritime Sign Language Project Report: Study of a minority sign language in Eastern Canada. From the Canadian Cultural Society of the Deaf, May 1999. (Sign Languages) http://www.ccsdeaf.com/mari.html Sign Language Assessment Sign Language Assessment: Overview on different sign language assessments and provides information on test development and testing. (Sign Languages) http://www.signlang-assessment.info/ Chinese Sign Language Fact Sheet Chinese Sign Language Fact Sheet: From Jeremy Wilkinson and Berna Marthinussen. In English. (Sign Languages) http://library.thinkquest.org/11942/csl.htm Deaf Action Front 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. (Sign Languages) http://www.doofactiefront.be/ Name Signs and Identity in New Zealand Sign Language Name Signs and Identity in New Zealand Sign Language: Exclusive excerpt from Gallaudet University Press, by David and Rachel Locker McKee. (Sign Languages) http://gupress.gallaudet.edu/excerpts/BIDCone.html The Greek Manual Alphabet Page The Greek Manual Alphabet Page: Small .gif images of Greek fingerspelling. Displays written letters in Roman and Greek forms. From deafblind.com. (Sign Languages) http://www.deafblind.com/greecema.html