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  2. American manual alphabet - Wikipedia

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    A double letter within a word is signed in different ways, through a bounce of the hand, a slide of the hand, or repeating the sign of a letter. [4] Letters are signed at a constant speed; a pause functions as a word divider. The first letter may be held for the length of a letter extra as a cue that the signer is about to start fingerspelling.

  3. ASL-phabet - Wikipedia

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    ASL-phabet, or the ASL Alphabet, is a writing system developed by Samuel Supalla for American Sign Language (ASL). It is based on a system called SignFont, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] which Supalla modified and streamlined for use in an educational setting with Deaf children.

  4. Fingerspelling - Wikipedia

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    Yoel (2009) demonstrated that American Sign Language is influencing the lexicon and grammar of Maritime Sign Language in various ways, including the fact that the original BANZSL two-handed manual alphabet is no longer used in the Maritimes [10]: 8, 9, 75, 142 and has been replaced by the one-handed American manual alphabet, which has been ...

  5. Crossword abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Roman numerals: for example the word "six" in the clue might be used to indicate the letters VI; The name of a chemical element may be used to signify its symbol; e.g., W for tungsten; The days of the week; e.g., TH for Thursday; Country codes; e.g., "Switzerland" can indicate the letters CH; ICAO spelling alphabet: where Mike signifies M and ...

  6. American Sign Language - Wikipedia

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    American Sign Language (ASL) is a natural language [5] that serves as the predominant sign language of Deaf communities in the United States and most of Anglophone Canada. ASL is a complete and organized visual language that is expressed by employing both manual and nonmanual features . [ 6 ]

  7. SignWriting - Wikipedia

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    Sutton SignWriting, or simply SignWriting, is a system of written sign languages.It is highly featural and visually iconic: the shapes of the characters are abstract pictures of the hands, face, and body; and their spatial arrangement on the page does not follow a sequential order unlike the letters of written words.

  8. 'Barbie' now has an ASL version and the reactions are beautiful

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    The hit film became available Dec. 15 to stream on Max with an additional feature: an American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation. According to a Dec. 5 press release from Warner Bros. Pictures, ...

  9. File:American Sign Language ASL.svg - Wikipedia

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    The following other wikis use this file: Usage on ar.wikipedia.org لغة الإشارة الأمريكية; Usage on azb.wikipedia.org آمریکا ایشاره دیلی