http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/fingerspelling/fingerspelling.htm
This is the best site I've found, because the professor fully explains ASL and makes it easy to learn.
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Tsalagi (The Cherokee language) uses an alphabet, not single representative symbols.
It is an alphabet that was created for s specific language, and not borrowed from another language.
well, i suppose a cavemans grunt could be classed as language, and its doubtful they had an alphabet. so yes, language probably came before the alphabet
The English Language uses the Roman Alphabet. Normally it is not noted when another language is written using the Roman Alphabet. Sometimes it is noted when referring to the Romanian Language. In Romania, the Roman Alphabet is used. In Moldavia, the Cyrillic Alphabet is used for the same language. Since all Western European Languages, except for Greek, use the Roman Alphabet, normally no one mentions it.
no. It uses the Latin Alphabet.
This is the case in American Sign Language.
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To sign "Lexie" in American Sign Language (ASL), fingerspell the letters L-E-X-I-E using the manual alphabet.
Proper names are usually spelled out in sign language. Google "manual alphabet".
In American Sign Language, you can sign "Kimberly" by fingerspelling each letter using the ASL alphabet.
To sign your surname in American Sign Language (ASL), fingerspell each letter of your surname using the ASL alphabet. Each letter is formed with your dominant hand using specific handshapes and motions corresponding to the English alphabet.
To sign "Brianna" in American Sign Language (ASL), you would fingerspell each letter of the name using the ASL alphabet.
To sign "Nancy" in American Sign Language (ASL), fingerspell the letters N-A-N-C-Y using the manual alphabet.
To sign "Greg" in American Sign Language (ASL), you would fingerspell the letters G-R-E-G using the manual alphabet.
To sign "Judas" in American Sign Language, fingerspell the letters J-U-D-A-S using the manual alphabet.
Deaf and hearing people in the Deaf community living in the UK/Britain use British Sign Language or BSL. Sign Language is not universal, and that is the type of sign language used in this region. What is easily noticeable about BSL is that two hands are used for the BSL alphabet. Other signed languages tend to use one-handed alphabet for manual languages.
In American Sign Language, the name "Jillian" can be fingerspelled by using the ASL alphabet to spell out each letter of the name - J-I-L-L-I-A-N.