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  Gestuno language - FreeEncyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Gestuno is a constructed sign language, which the World Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf originally discussed in 1951.
The name "Gestuno" is from Italian, meaning "the unity of sign languages." Some deaf people use Gestuno at the World Games for the Deaf and the Deaf Way Conference and Festival in Washington, DC, but besides that its use is very limited.
There is another competing international sign language project called Signuno[?], which is a combination of Gestuno and the international auxilliary spoken language, Esperanto.
capetown.homeip.net /wikipedia/ge/Gestuno_language.html   (179 words)

  
 Constructed language
An artificial or constructed language is a language whose vocabulary and grammar were specifically devised by humans, rather than having naturally evolved as part of a culture like a natural language.
Constructed languages are often divided into a priori languages, in which much of the grammar and vocabulary is created from scratch to serve a particular purpose, and a posteriori languages, where the grammar and vocabulary are derived from one or more natural languages and are intended to resemble them.
A posteriori languages can be further divided into naturalistic planned languages which follow the natural languages from which they are patterned closely to minimize learning time, and schematic planned languages, whose features are deliberately simplified or synthesized from various sources.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/pl/Planned_language.html   (424 words)

  
 International Sign - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
International Sign (IS) (also Gestuno, International Sign Language (ISL) and International Gesture (IG)) is an international auxiliary language sometimes used by deaf people at global forums such as the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD), international events such as the Deaflympic games, and informally when travelling and socialising.
The name "Gestuno" was chosen from Italian, meaning "the unity of sign languages", but the name has fallen out of use in favor of the phrase "International Sign".
While influenced by International Sign vocabulary and concepts, it is a natural spontaneous occurrence rather than a planned language, and is still in its infancy.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gestuno_language   (756 words)

  
 Gestuno Origins   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
International Sign Language (Gestuno) is a constructed sign language, which the World Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf originally discussed in 1951.
Just as there are languages in the world, there are thousands upon thousands of different signed languages, each with its own "accent" and "dialect." Every different sign language is a reflection of its past, the culture in which it expanded, and the mores of its society.
Gestuno is still used at the World Games for the Deaf and at the DEAF WAY Conference and Festival in Washington, D.C., but other than that, its use is very limited.
www.sign-language.biz /sign/gestunoorigins.asp   (509 words)

  
 Sign_language
A sign language (also signed language) is a language which uses manual communication instead of sound to convey meaning - simultaneously combining handshapes, orientation and movement of the hands, arms or body, and facial expressions to fluidly express a speaker's thoughts.
Sign languages develop in deaf communities, which can include interpreters and friends and families of deaf people as well as people who are deaf or hearing-impaired themselves.
An invented "international sign language" Gestuno is used for international Deaf events such as the Deaflympics and World Federation of the Deaf.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/s/si/sign_language.html   (2032 words)

  
 Gestuno principles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Remember that IG is not a language but a negotiated communication system so one needs to be flexible.
Languages reflect culture, so signs/gestures should be picked that are as cross-cultural as possible.
Before the sign is given, if there is a likelihood that the audience will not recognize what country is being referred to, or if a specific city, state, county, or province is being referred to, the place is indexed on a classifier that represents that region.
www.sign-language.biz /sign/gestunoprinciples.asp   (904 words)

  
 ASL - American Sign Language
Just as there are languages in the world, there are thousands upon thousands of different signed languages, each with its own "accent" and "dialect." Every different sign language is a reflection of its past, the culture in which it expanded, and the mores of its society (Grunberg 1).
Gestuno is still used at the World Games for the Deaf and at the DEAF WAY Conference and Festival in Washington, D.C., but other than that, its use is very limited (Grunberg 2).
It is important to realize here that Gestuno is NOT a language in the sense that ASL is a language.
www.lifeprint.com /asl101/pages-layout/gestuno.htm   (792 words)

  
 DeafNationTV: Pearly Gate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Gestuno is to Deaf as Esperanto is to Hearing.
Contrary to the popular belief, a sign Language itself is not a universal language.
International Sign is composed of vocabulary signs from different sign languages that Deaf people agreed to use at international events and meeting.
www.deafnation.com /anmviewer.asp?a=66&print=yes   (118 words)

  
 Timeline of International Sign Languages : Article from CultureMonster.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
SL Recognized in Slovak Republic, 1995: The National Council of the Slovak Republic passed a law recognizing "Sign Language as a language of communication of the Deaf" June 26th, 1995.
SL Recognized in Uganda, 1995: On October 8th, 1995, the sign language was recognized and included in Uganda's new Constitution after the Uganda National Association of the Deaf and its allies campaigned to promote sign language awareness in Uganda.
Adults are fascinated by the beauty and expressiveness of a sign language and some incorporate them in their lives (such as underdiving, performances, or simply for intellectual development).
www.culturemonster.com /articles/article-14555-208.html   (1513 words)

  
 International gesture: Principles and gestures
This is not because sign language is universal, but because Deaf people have more patience with communication and are willing to add mime and gesture.
People who are fluent in any sign language have minds that are more open to understanding a new sign, but it is also true across sign languages that one country may have a more iconic sign than another.
Gestuno has developed and changed to what is now called International Gesture (IG).
www.theinterpretersfriend.com /indj/ig.html   (6699 words)

  
 HandSpeak: Baby Sign   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
International Sign Language (previously known as "Gestuno") is an artificially devised sign language.
The "unification" of sign languages was discussed at the World Congress of the WFD (World Federation of the Deaf) in Rome, Italy, in 1951 before the "Gestuno" was first termed.
Gestuno is roughly an Italian word for "oneness of sign languages".
www.handspeak.com /byte/isl/info.php   (322 words)

  
 karenika - books - for hearing people only
It is thought that native sign language of Chilmark and Tisbury, the Martha's Vineyard communities with an unusual high incidence of hereditary deafness, evolved from Old Kentish Sign Language, as the earliest deaf settlers came from the Kentish region of England.
An "artificial" international vocabulary, "Gestuno," which functions as a kind of visual Eperanto, was developed in the mid-70s by the Commission of Unification of Signs of the World Federation of the Deaf.
But Gestuno was partly based on ASL, which, as the world's most well-known and popular sign language, is the closest thing we have to a "universally" recognized one.
www.karenika.com /book/hearing_only.html   (780 words)

  
 Language Myths
The implication is that Deaf people are incapable of inventing a language for themselves, that deafness affects not only the hearing but the imagination and intelligence.
The logical language to teach any language - apart from total immersion - is whatever language the learners already use.
Fact: The Maori language is in a parlous state, and whether it will recover is in doubt, but there are still some tens of thousands of fluent speakers.
www.top.net.nz /~hugh/Vanity/Personal/LanguageMyths.html   (1083 words)

  
 Gallaudet University Center for American Sign Language Literacy-Home
The work should not be labeled ISL because that label probably belongs to Irish Sign Language which is different from British Sign Language, for example.
"Gestuno" is an acronym coined by the Italians as meaning "one system of gestures," but it is NOT a language in any sense of the word.
The Deaf Way (I and II) is one example of a world conference where Gestuno has been used more or less formally by trained deaf and hearing interpreters to assist participants in following lectures or presentations given in ASL (American Sign Language) and English as official languages of the conference.
gradschool.gallaudet.edu /casll/faqasl3.html   (218 words)

  
 Things I love about Germany... - Page 2 - Rapture Ready Message Board
Early settlers of the island carried a gene for deafness, and as a result of intermarriage, an unusually large portion of the population was deaf by the mid-1800s.
Gestuno is an international sign language, the equivalent of Esperanto.
The only closest one is French Sign Language and that was because Laurent Clerc brought it to America and ASL is now the result of that plus mixture from Martha's Vineyard near Mass.
www.rr-bb.com /showthread.php?p=3181132#post3181132   (1424 words)

  
 Gestuno info here at en.bushleague.info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Gestuno Gestuno or International Sign Language of the Deaf is a constructed language sign...
The name Gestuno is from Italian language, meaning the unity of sign languages.
Gestuno is now usually referred to as simply International Sign.
en.bushleague.info /Gestuno   (810 words)

  
 About ASL
American Sign Language (ASL) is a complex visual-spatial language that is used by the Deaf community in the United States and English-speaking parts of Canada.
It is the native language of many Deaf men and women, as well as some hearing children born into Deaf families.
There is no "universal sign language" or real "international sign language." There is a sign form called Gestuno that was developed by a committee of the World Federation of the Deaf.
www.deaflibrary.org /asl.html   (2181 words)

  
 What, Where, When, Who, Why and How [5WH] for kids
These people are actually conversing using sign language because they are hearing or speech impaired.
Sign language, as we know it today, originated in the 16th century when an Italian physician called Geronimo Cardano, decided to teach deaf people by writing a combination of symbols and associating them with the thing they represented.
This sign language was merged with various gestures already in use to form what came to be known as American Sign Language.
www.pitara.com /discover/5wh/online.asp?story=52&page=2   (450 words)

  
 Linguistics
Recent research on the syntax of signed languages has revealed that, apart from some modality-specific differences, signed languages are organized according to the same underlying principles as spoken languages.
The N.A.D. was concerned that "pure" sign language might disappear under the pressures of oralism, and made these films so that future generations might see master signers of the past.
One of the ICSLA's objectives is to develop sign language assessment instruments for use in schools to measure deaf students’ developmental status.
www.deaflinx.com /ASL/linguistics.html   (661 words)

  
 International Sign Language (ISL) - Langmaker
International Sign Language (ISL) was written in 1950 by World Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf as an IAL.
Mainly American Sign Language, British Sign Language, Russian Sign Language, Danish Sign Language, Italian Sign Language, and possibly a few others.
Some, but by no means all, of the Deaf community is interested in it because it represents a way to communicate with Deaf people of other countries, which before was only possible through pantomime or possibly a shared written language (as is the case for users of American Sign Language and British sign language).
www.langmaker.com /db/Mdl_internationalsignlang.htm   (159 words)

  
 Sign language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Gesture is a typical component of spoken languages.
David J. Peterson has also attempted to create a phonetic transcription system for signing that is ASCII-friendly known as the Sign Language International Phonetic Alphabet (SLIPA).
SignWriting, being pictographic, is able to represent simultaneous elements in a single sign.
www.knowledgehunter.info /wiki/Sign_language   (1807 words)

  
 ISL - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Formally, ISL can refer to International Sign Language, aka Gestuno.
Informally, ISL can refer to Irish Sign Language.
More formally, ISL is the SIL code for Israeli Sign Language.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/ISL   (203 words)

  
 American Sign Language Data | American Sign Language Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
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 Italian Sign Language | Information, articles, resources and Italian Sign Language reference guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
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 Biocrawler:Interlanguage links/Esperanto - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Some have already been put in, but by no means all.
If you'd like to help with the process, here's a list of all pages on the English wikipedia which include links to their Esperanto counterparts: follow the links, and if the eo page hasn't been updated, put in a en: link to the English page and any other languages which might be linked.
While you're there, please check the English articles for typos, grammatical errors, formatting errors, and other problems.
biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Biocrawler:Interlanguage_links/Esperanto   (200 words)

  
 Corrugated plastic yard sign   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Lawrence erlbaum associates articulation, movement, such a corrugated plastic yard sign indication of language using.
Distinct spoken languages, where one printing output spring, maryland linstok.
Bostonions as body language, you still here spoke sign baby.
sign.greatsit.com /corrugated-plastic-yard-sign.php   (331 words)

  
 Is Sign Language International?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
There is a different signed language in every country.
The naturally evolved spoken languages are used, but not the invented ones.
American Sign Language (ASL) is used in the USA and in English-speaking Canada.
www.signwriting.org /about/questions/quest0001.html   (170 words)

  
 Sign language?! | Antimoon Forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Is sign language (for deaf people) the same everywhere?
Even the Hispanohablante countries use their own home-grown systems, although in some of them their system isn't well developed so they use American Sign Language.
There is however an International Sign Language called "Gestuno", a constructed language.
www.antimoon.com /forum/posts/9018.htm   (46 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Gestuno: International Sign Language of the Deaf = Langage Gestuel International Des Sourds: The Revised and ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Gestuno: International Sign Language of the Deaf = Langage Gestuel International Des Sourds: The Revised and Enlarged Book of S
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