signwriting: sign languages are written languages!
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SignWriting: Sign Languages Are Written Languages! A PowerPoint from 2008. A summary of SignWriting on the web from 1996 to 2008, presented at the 2008 VAIL Conference by Valerie Sutton & Adam Frost. SignWriting was established as a World Script by the International Bureau of Standardizations (ISO) 15924 Sgnw.TRANSCRIPT
SignWritingSign Languages Are Written Languages!
SignWriting Script ISO 15924 Sgnw
by Valerie Sutton and Adam Frost
SignLanguagesareNOTinternational.
SignLanguagesaredifferent inevery country.
Some countries have more than one Sign Language.
Canada, for example, uses American Sign Language (ASL) and French-Canadian Sign Language from Quebec (LSQ).
and...AmericanSign Language (ASL) andBritish Sign Language (BSL) are nothingalike!
AmericanSignLanguagewasinfluenced by French Sign Languagelong ago.
SignWritingwrites body movements, which meansthat any Sign Languagecan be written.
SignWritingis used towrite some40 Sign Languages around the world...
SignLanguagesare becomingwrittenlanguages because of SignWriting.
SignWriting does not change ASL or any Sign Language.It recordsthe waysigns look.
SignWritingis not alanguage.It is a scriptthat writeslanguagesthat alreadyexist.
SignWritingis writtenby hand and by computer, directly onthe worldwide web...
VisitSignPuddle Onlineto writeSign Language dictionariesand documents...
SignPuddle Onlinewww.signbank.org/signpuddle
Write Signs OnlineCreate Signs in SignPuddlewww.signbank.org/signpuddle
Write Dictionaries OnlineCreate Dictionaries in SignPuddle
www.signbank.org/signpuddle
Write Literature OnlineCreate Sign Documents in SignPuddle
www.signbank.org/signpuddle
30 Groups of SymbolsThe International SignWriting Alphabet 2008
www.signbank.org/signpuddle
Sutton’s SymbolBankwww.movementwriting.org/symbolbank
Visit SignWritingOnline tolearn toread Sign Language Literature...
SignWriting Onlinewww.SignWriting.org
SignWriting Videoswww.signwriting.org/video
SignWriting Literature Projectwww.signwriting.org/literature
Gospel According to JohnRomero Translation: 21 Chapters Written in ASL
www.signwriting.org/library/bible
Cat in the Hatwww.signwriting.org/library/children
Sleeping Beautywww.signwriting.org/signpuddle
Cinderellawww.signwriting.org/library/children
Why SignWriting?www.signwriting.org/video/about
Textbooks on SignWritingwww.signwriting.org/lessons
Dissertation on SignWritingDeaf Education, University of New Mexico
www.signwriting.org/usa
Dissertation on SignWritingDeaf Education, Jordan University
www.signwriting.org/arabia
ISO 15924 World Scripthttp://unicode.org/iso15924/iso15924-codes.html
The SignWriting Listwww.signwriting.org/forums/swlist
Sutton DanceWritingwww.dancewriting.org
Sutton Movement Writingwww.movementwriting.org
