Native American Sign Systems (Science/Social_Sciences/Linguistics/Languages/Natural/Sign_Languages/Native_American_Sign_Systems)

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Native American Sign Systems

Sites related to the sign systems for intertribal communication used by Native North Americans who spoke mutually unintelligible languages.

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Cree Hand Signals   http://collections.ic.gc.ca/cree/cree/1.htm
From Canada's Digital Collections. Hard to discern movements in dim photo still animations. Most entries identical to modern ASL.

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Indian Signers Conference   http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/ebooks/records/7132.html
Photos, drawings, and article from 1930 conference held in Browning, Montana. Long load; well worth the wait.

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Indian Sign Language Online Dictionary   http://www.inquiry.net/outdoor/indian/sign_language/
Browesable list of descriptions by alphabetical English equivalent, or grouped by topic. Articles translated texts, some Boy Scout-related subjects.

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American Indian Signs   http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/ecc/signs.html
Descriptions of signs organized by subject.

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Signing in the Boy Scouts of America   http://www.yvwiiusdinvnohii.net/language.html
Discussion thread from the Mountain Main list.

Neigbour categories

American Sign Language
Auslan Sites related to Australian Sign Language, or Auslan.
Austrian Sign Language Sites related to Austrian Sign Language, or Österreichischen Gebärdensprache (OEGS).
British Sign Language British Sign Language (BSL) is the visual language used by profoundly Deaf people in the UK
Danish Sign Language Information about Danish Sign Language, or Dansk Tegnsprog.
Directories
French Sign Language Sites about French Sign Language, or Langue des Signes Française (LSF).
German Sign Language Sites about German Sign Language, or Deutsche Gebärdensprache (DGS).
History
Interpreting For practicing interpreters who work between signed and spoken languages or codes, generally between deaf/hard-of-hearing, and hearing people.
Irish Sign Language Sites about Irish Sign Language (ISL).
Italian Sign Language Sites related to Italian Sign Langauge, or Lingua dei Segni Italiana (LIS).
Japanese Sign Language Sites about Japanese Sign Language (JSL)
Malaysian Sign Language Sites related to Malaysian Sign Language, or Bahasa Malaysia Isyarat (BMI).
Mexican Sign Language Sites about Mexican Sign Language, or Lengua de Señas Mexicana (LSM).
Nicaraguan Sign Language A new language invented by a group of uneducated deaf Nicaraguan children brought together in the 1980s.
Norwegian Sign Language Sites related to Norwegian Sign Language, or Norsk Sign Language (NSL).
Russian Sign Language Sites related to Russian Sign Language, or RSL.
Signing with Babies For sites related to augmenting language input to include signs in order to elicit earlier language development from Hearing children.
Sign Language of Québec Sites related to the Sign Language of Quebec, or Langue des Signes Québécoise (LSQ).
Sign Language of Singapore Sites related to the Sign Language of Singapore.
Sign Language of The Netherlands Sites related to the Sign Language of The Netherlands, or Nederlandse Gebarentaal (NGT).
Spanish Sign Language Sites related to Spanish Sign Language, or Lengua de Señas de España (LSE).
Swedish Sign Language Sites about Swedish Sign Language, or Svenskt Teckenspråk (ST).


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