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The American Manual Alphabet is a manual
alphabet that augments the vocabulary of American
Sign Language when spelling individual letters of a word is the
preferred or only option, such as with proper names or the titles of works.
Letters should be signed with the dominant hand and in most cases, with palm
facing the viewer.
Chart
- The ASL alphabet is based on French sign language and was
standardized by Thomas Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc for use in America.
- It is also used in Germany, Austria, Norway, and Finland,
again with a modification for the letter T. T is like G with the thumb
placed atop the first knuckle of the index finger.
- German Ä, Ö, Ü, and ß are signed like A, O, U, and S
but with a downward motion, while SCH is a 5 hand (palm forward). In
Norwegian and Finnish, the letters Ä, Å, Ö, Ø are derived by moving A
and O (in the case of Å, in a small window-washing circular motion), and it
is the Æ that gets the 5 hand (perhaps somewhat flexed).
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