trista mcflurry, also founder of mcflurries
"The ASL alphabet is based on French sign language and was standardized by Thomas Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc." "Students at the National Institution for Deaf-Mutes in France (see history to learn more) all came in with their own personal systems of gestures and ways of communicating. Gradually, a system evolved between the students and the teachers at the Institute and is probably what led to the creation of a French alphabet, from which we get the American manual alphabet."
The ASL manual alphabet contains a total of 36 signs, one for each letter of the alphabet and one for each digit from 0 to 9. ASL is used when there is no official "sign" for the word that the person wants to convey, for example, their name.
The ancient Phoenicians developed 30 signs to create the Semitic alphabet in 1600 BC. This alphabet is considered to be the foundation of almost all alphabets that would follow. The Greeks developed their own version of this alphabet in 1000 BC to create the Ionic alphabet. Later, the Romans adapted this to form their alphabet. This alphabet reached England in the 5th century. Almost 100 other languages were ultimately developed from the Roman alphabet.
Proper names are usually spelled out in sign language. Google "manual alphabet".
Written Hawaiian was first developed by American Protestant missionaries during 1820-1826.
To spell "Helen Keller" in American Sign Language, you would fingerspell the letters H-E-L-E-N K-E-L-L-E-R using the manual alphabet. Each letter is signed individually.
The alphabet is not based on a country. It is the Latin alphabet, developed by the ancient Romans.
The Cyrillic alphabet was developed in the 10th Century.
The Phoenicians developed the first alphabet
Technically, there is no such thing as the American alphabet, but the English language does use the Roman alphabet.
The Phoenicians were the carriers of civilization who developed an alphabet, as well as a trading network. Their written alphabet is the ancestor of the Greek and Roman alphabets.
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.