Is there like an international sign language?

I knew few of Ireland sign language. Fingerspell alphabet are almost same except F, G, H, K, L, P, Q, T and X.
 
There's an international sign language and I saw it in a video -- at Deafnation -- the one about Sundsval (the last winter olympics before roma deaflympics in the summer). Tiffany, the deaf lady in the video used the international sign language. It had a mixture of signs from a few different country and a lot of gestures that used visual cues.
I think you can still see that video at that site I mentioned.

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A friend of mine who was serving with the US Navy in Japan brought me a book on Japanese sign language.....I couldn't even distinguish the difference between ASL and JSL for any particular words... but it was interesting.

I even tried the British 2-hand fingerspelling......My poor fingers got tied up like "Cat in Cradle" game LOL!
 
kuifje75 said:
Actually, THERE is ISL (International Sign Language) as it is called now. GESTUNO is not really used anymore, but ISL is a very new movement and popular throughout the world EXCEPT in America, of course.
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Yes, it exists - althought people may have different ways of looking at it. I've been trained to use it at a workshop as an artist liaision to deaf artists who traveled from some parts of Europe and Asia for Deaf Way II. I think with ISL, it is easier to learn another language. It was quite interesting, and we got along well. I even learned some new signs from some of these countries! I'm using a bit of ISL and NSL to communicate with the norwegian deaf people here now. I can't wait to learn more so I don't have to use ISL!

We had a sign for ISL: Make two U handshapes and make a sort of house with it. Start with making an O with the two Us then finish off with an upside down V. I don't know if others use a different sign for ISL.
 
Liza said:
We had a sign for ISL: Make two U handshapes and make a sort of house with it. Start with making an O with the two Us then finish off with an upside down V. I don't know if others use a different sign for ISL.
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Right, I think you mean the new sign for INTERNATIONAL. It is a fairly new sign in the USA, but I have been signing it at my work and saw it in the recent Deaf Studies Today Conference in Utah.

It is like drawing an "8" with both hands. Hard to describe. Your description is good enough for me because I know what you mean! :lol:
 
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