![]() Now see if you can understand the following finger-spelt names. We have covered the mouth of the signer just to make the exercise slightly more difficult. Watch the fingerspelling videos below and practice fingerspelling the alphabet. The vowels of the English alphabet (A E I O U) are indicated on each of the five fingers of the ‘dominant’ hand (depending on whether the signer is left-handed or right-handed). For example, the sign MOTHER is achieved by fingerspelling the letter M and simultaneously expressing the mouth pattern for the word ‘mother’. Some BSL signs consist only of one letter and adding a mouth pattern for the English word they represent clarifies the sign. ![]() Fingerspelling signs are often also incorporated into other BSL signs. 1081949 Company registered in England No. Fingerspelling can also be used to spell words for signs that the signer does not know the sign for, or to clarify a sign that is not known by the person reading the signer. Patron: Her Majesty The Queen Founded 1841 Registered Charity No. Type of writing system: alphabet Direction of writing: normally left to right in horizontal lines, but can be written in any direction. It is losely based on the shapes used in British Sign Language (BSL) finger spelling. So for example, when finger spelling a name it is ‘mouthed’ at the same time. The fingerspelling manual alphabet is used in sign language to spell out names of people and places for which there is not a sign. The Fingers alphabet was invented by Simon Ager in 2009 as an alternative alphabet for English. Mouth patterns are used with finger spelling to make it clearer. It is often used to spell English words when there is no sign equivalent for a word or to indicate a place or the name of a person. Back to: Deaf Culture and British Sign Languageįinger-spelling is an important part of British Sign Language and is a visual representation of the written alphabet.
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