Links: Sign languages and manual alphabets


Sign languages

General information about sign languages
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_language

Handspeak: American Sign Language, Bady Sign, International Sign, etc.
http://www.handspeak.com

Sign Language information and resources
http://www.sign-language.biz

International Sign / Gestuno
http://www.deaflinx.com/ASL/gestuno.html

Sign Languages in Asia
http://www.newsigns.jp/fsle

Japanese, Korean, Chinese and Hong Kong Sign Languages
http://www.youtube.com/user/kisuketimu

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American Sign Language (ASL)

ASLInfo.com - Information and resources related to American Sign Language (ASL), Interpreting and Deaf Culture: http://www.aslinfo.com

ASL lessons and courses
http://www.lessontutor.com/ASLgenhome.html
http://www.aslaccess.org
http://www.lifeprint.com
http://www.start-american-sign-language.com
http://www.rocketlanguages.com/sign-language/premium/

American Sign Language Alphabet with videos
http://www.signgenius.com/sign-language-alphabet/american/alphabet-videos.shtml

ASL Dictionaries
http://www.aslpro.com
http://wings.avkids.com/Book/Signing/
http://www.masterstech-home.com/ASLDICT.html
http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/signs.htm
http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm
http://www.handspeak.com/sign/

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Australian Sign Language (Auslan)

Sign Swap - online dictionary of Australian Sign Language
http://www.signswap.com.au/SignSwap/SwapSearch.asp

Auslan Signbank - an interactive dictionary of Auslan (Australian Sign Language)
http://www.auslan.org.au

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British Sign Language (BSL)

Online BSL lessons
http://www.british-sign.co.uk
http://www.learntosign.org.uk
http://www.britishsignlanguage.com
http://www.signpostbsl.com/learnBSL/

BSL dictionary
http://www.learnbsl.org

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Other sign languages

Arabic Sign language
http://d2000.4mg.com

Argentinan Sign Language / Lengua de Señas Argentina (LSA)
http://www.manosquehablan.com.ar
http://www.lsargentina.com.ar

Austrian Sign Language / Österreichische Gebärdensprache (ÖGS)
http://gebaerden.warum.net

Belgian Sign Language / Langue des Signes de Belgique Francophone (LSFB) / Vlaamse Gebarentaal (VGT)
http://gebaren.ugent.be

Catalan Sign Language / Llengua de Signes Catalana (LSC)
http://lsc.wiksign.org/wiki/Wiksign:Portada

Chinese Sign Language / 中国手语 (ZGS)
http://www.spe-edu.net/shouyu http://cndeaf.com/sign/china/china_index.htm
http://www.cjr.org.cn/shuyu/shuyu1/index1.htm
http://www.tjut.edu.cn:82/lgweb/longren/chinese/shuyu.htm
http://www.2000888.com/www/shangcanjy/shouyu/index1.htm

Cree Sign Language
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/cree/cree/1.htm

Croatian Sign Language and Manual Alphabet
http://www.crodeafweb.net/rjecnik/

Czech Sign Language
http://lexikon.wz.cz/znakovka

Danish Sign Language / Dansk Tegnsprog
http://www.deafhome.com/?Modul=Tegnsprog&UnderModul=TegnBog

Dutch Sign Language
http://www.effathaguyot.nl

Estonian Sign Language
http://www.einst.ee/publications/language/sign.html

Finnish Sign Language / Suomalainen viittomakieli (SVK)
http://suvi.viittomat.net

French Sign Language / la Langue des Signes Française (LSF)
http://lsf.wiksign.org

German Sign Language / Deutsche Gebärdensprache (DGS)
http://www.sign-lang.uni-hamburg.de/ALex/Start.htm

Hungarian Sign Language / Magyar jelnyelv
http://www.hallatlan.hu

Irish Sign Language and Manual Alphabet
http://www.irishdeaf.com/signs.php

Italian Sign Language
http://michelebrunelli.interfree.it/LISgrammRestrRel.html

Japanese Sign Language
http://www.tgs.co.jp/signlist.htm

Latvian Sign Language
http://www.liis.lv/latval/zimval/

Native American "Indian" Sign Language
http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/ecc/signs.html
http://www.inquiry.net/outdoor/native/sign/

Norwegian Sign Language
http://www.deafnet.no/index.jsp?fid=10041&pid=1801&lan=1

Polish Sign Language
http://www.pzg.org.pl/sc/sc_jm.asp
http://slownikpjm.webpark.pl

Russian Sign Language
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/lc/rsl/

Singapore Sign Language
http://www.geocities.com/signsing/signs.htm

Thai Sign Language
http://www.nectec.or.th/courseware/signlanguage/

Turkish Sign Language
http://turkisaretdili.ku.edu.tr/en/wordlist/sozluk.aspx

Sign languages from around the world
http://lsf.wiksign.org/wiki/Langue:Signes_du_Monde

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Manual alphabets

Manual alphabets around the world
http://www.deafblind.com/worldsig.html

Manual Alphabets in America, Britain and Sweden
http://f99.middlebury.edu/RU232A/STUDENTS/elefther/alphcharts.htm

Manual alphabets around the world (in German)
http://www.michaelszczepanski.de/fastart.htm

Manual alphabets around the world (in Dutch)
http://www.vitaaldenhaag.org

Manual alphabets around the world (in Russian)
http://www.deafnet.ru/dn/abc.phtml

Australian Manual Alphabet
http://home.connexus.net.au/~dba/fingerspell.htm

Belgian Manual Alphabet
http://www.ffsb.be/doc/LS/ls3.html

Brazilian Manual Alphabet
http://www.derdic.pucsp.br/alfabeto.htm
http://www.feneis.com.br/surdoscego/alfabeto_manual.shtml

Czech Manual Alphabet
http://ruce.cz/articles.php?id=3

Danish Manual Alphabet
http://www.deaf-children.dk/kommunikation/haandalfabet.htm

Dutch Manual Alphabet
http://www.sensys.nl/khmc/SH/pages/Vingeralfabet.html

French Manual Alphabet
http://www.languedessignes.com/lsf_dactylo.html

German Manual Alphabet
http://www.sign-lang.uni-hamburg.de/fa/

Hong Kong Manual Alphabet
http://home4u.hongkong.com/_H4U/arts/reading/jackli/gesture.html

Irish Manual Alphabet
http://homepages.iol.ie/~johnpmon/signs.html (Letters)
http://www.iol.ie/~johnpmon/numbers.html (Numbers)

Icelandic Manual Alphabet
http://www.deaf.is/about/fingrastafrof.html

Malaysian Manual Alphabet
http://www.epekak.net.my/bim01/bim_abc.htm

Mexican Manual Alphabet
http://www.elosiodelosantos.com/alfabetomanualmexicano28.html

New Zealand Manual Alphabet
http://www.deaf.co.nz/fingerspelling.html

Norwegian and Sami Manual Alphabets
http://www.deafnet.no/index.jsp?fid=10041&pid=1801&lan=1
http://library.thinkquest.org/11942/nsl_abc.htm

Polish Manual Alphabet
http://www.lots.pila.pl/diversity1b/jezyk_migowy.htm

Portuguese Manual Alphabet
http://abcgestual.no.sapo.pt/home.htm

Quebec Manual Alphabet
http://www.surdite.org/carriere/alphabet.php
http://www.cvm.qc.ca/dcb/pages/alphabet.htm

Russian Manual Alphabet
http://www.kenguru.boom.ru/daktilos.html

Spanish Manual Alphabet
http://www.fuenterrebollo.com/Dactilologia/dacti.html

Swedish Manual Alphabet
http://hem.passagen.se/secrets13/tsp_hand.htm
http://www.sdrf.se/sdr/valkommen/teckensprak/handalfabet/handalfabet.html

Taiwanese Manual Alphabet
http://www.52tw.com.tw/Sign/SignABC.htm

Most of these links were suggested by Sam Giloi

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Sign languages in writing

Sutton SignWriting - tutorials, dictionaries, fonts and other resources
http://www.signwriting.com/

Hamburg Sign Language Notation System (HamNoSys)
http://www.sign-lang.uni-hamburg.de/projects/HamNoSys.html
http://www.signwriting.org/forums/linguistics/ling007.html

Stokoe Notation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stokoe_notation

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