IMWA SSS-2004: Category 01: Hands

Valerie Sutton sutton at SIGNWRITING.ORG
Wed Jun 23 21:49:55 UTC 2004


SignWriting List
June 23, 2004

Dear SW List:
I have been working on the International Movement Writing Alphabet
(IMWA). It is called the SSS-2004. It is a big database recording every
symbol in the writing system...The symbols of the SSS-2004 version 1.0
will hopefully be ready by the end of the summer.

Most signed languages use from 80-100 handshapes. But the SSS-2004
(version 1.0) has 175 handshapes, since each country uses different
handhapes. So I will need your help later, to pin down what handshapes
are important to your respective signed languages...I am not sure if it
is a good idea that we type with the IMWA, since it is such a large
symbolset. Most people do not need all those symbols, even though they
may want to choose symbols from the IMWA listing from time to time...

Here are the Symbol Names for the 175 handshapes in the IMWA (v1.0).
Tomorrow I will post a PDF document showing you these symbols in
SignWriting...

Of course there are also symbols in the other seven categories
too...Right now I am just listing Category 01 for handshapes.... Val
;-)

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IMWA SSS-2004 v1.0

CATEGORY 01: HANDS
(175 handshapes in 10 Groups)

Group 01-01: Index Finger
01-01-001-01 Index
01-01-001-02 Index on Fist Thumb Under
01-01-001-03 Index on Fist Thumb Across
01-01-002-01 Index on Circle
01-01-003-01 Index on Claw
01-01-004-01 Index on Hook
01-01-005-01 Index on Cup
01-01-006-01 Index on Oval
01-01-007-01 Index on Hinge
01-01-008-01 Index on Angle
01-01-009-01 IndexBent
01-01-009-02 IndexBent on Fist Thumb Under
01-01-010-01 IndexCup
01-01-011-01 IndexHinge
01-01-012-01 IndexHinge Low

Group 01-02: Index Middle Fingers
01-02-001 Index Middle
01-02-002 Index Middle on Circle
01-02-003 Index Middle Bent
01-02-004 Index Middle Hinge
01-02-005 IndexUp MiddleHinge
01-02-006 IndexHinge MiddleUp
01-02-007 Index Middle Unit
01-02-008 Index Middle UnitCup
01-02-009 Index Middle UnitHinge
01-02-010 Index Middle Cross
01-02-011 MiddleBent Over Index
01-02-012 IndexBent Over Middle

Group 01-03: Index Middle Thumb
01-03-001 Index Middle Thumb
01-03-002 Index Middle Thumb on Circle
01-03-003 Index Middle Straight, ThumbBent
01-03-004 Index Middle Bent, Thumb Straight
01-03-005 Index Middle Thumb Bent
01-03-006 Index Middle, Thumb Forward
01-03-007 Index Middle Thumb Cup
01-03-008 Index Middle Thumb Circle
01-03-009 Index Middle Unit, Thumb Side
01-03-010 Index Middle Unit, Thumb Bent
01-03-011 Index Middle UnitHinge, Thumb Side
01-03-012 Index Middle Cross, Thumb Side
01-03-013 Index Middle Unit, Thumb Forward
01-03-014 Index Middle Thumb Hinge
01-03-015 Index Middle Thumb AngleOut
01-03-016 Index MiddleDown Thumb AngleOut
01-03-017 Index Middle Thumb Angle
01-03-018 Middle Thumb Angle, IndexUp
01-03-019 Middle Thumb Circle, IndexUp
01-03-020 Index Thumb Circle, MiddleUp

Group 01-04: Four Fingers
01-04-001 Four Fingers
01-04-002 Four Fingers Bent
01-04-003 Four Fingers Hinge
01-04-004 Four Fingers Unit
01-04-005 Four Fingers UnitClaw
01-04-006 Four Fingers UnitBent
01-04-007 Four Fingers UnitHInge

Group 01-05: Five Fingers
01-05-001-01 Five Fingers
01-05-002-01 Five Fingers Projection
01-05-003-01 Five Fingers Four Bent
01-05-004-01 Five Fingers Bent
01-05-005-01 Five Fingers Thumb Forward
01-05-006-01 Five Fingers Cup
01-05-007-01 Five Fingers Hinge
01-05-008-01 Five Fingers Four Hinge
01-05-009-01 Flat Hand
01-05-010-01 Flat Hand Projection
01-05-011-01 Flat Hand Diagonal Plane
01-05-012-01 Flat Hand Between Facing
01-05-013-01 FlatSplit Baby
01-05-014-01 FlatSplit BabyRing
01-05-015-01 FlatSplit Index
01-05-016-01 Flat Thumb Side
01-05-017-01 Flat Thumb Bent
01-05-018-01 Flat Thumb Forward
01-05-019-01 Claw
01-05-020-01 Claw Thumb Side
01-05-021-01 Claw No Thumb
01-05-022-01 Claw Thumb Forward
01-05-023-01 Hook
01-05-024-01 Cup Large
01-05-025-01 Cup
01-05-026-01 Cup Thumb Side
01-05-027-01 Cup No Thumb
01-05-028-01 Cup Thumb Forward
01-05-029-01 Circle (Open Fist)
01-05-030-01 Curlicue
01-05-031-01 Oval Thumb Side
01-05-032-01 Oval No Thumb
01-05-033-01 Oval Hinge
01-05-034-01 Oval
01-05-035-01 Hinge Large
01-05-036-01 Hinge
01-05-037-01 Hinge Thumb Side
01-05-038-01 Hinge No Thumb
01-05-039-01 Angle
01-05-040-01 Flat Arch Back
01-05-040-02 Relaxed Hand

Group 01-06: Baby Finger
01-06-001-01 Index Middle Ring
01-06-002-01 Index Middle Ring on Circle
01-06-003-01 Index Middle Ring Bent
01-06-004-01 Index Middle Ring Unit
01-06-005-01 Index Middle Ring UnitHinge
01-06-006-01 Baby Down
01-06-007-01 Baby Down Ripple
01-06-008-01 Baby Up
01-06-009-01 Baby Bent
01-06-010-01 Baby Thumb
01-06-011-01 Baby Thumb on Hinge
01-06-012-01 Baby Index Thumb
01-06-013-01 Baby Index Thumb on Hinge
01-06-014-01 Baby Index Thumb AngleOut
01-06-015-01 Baby Index Thumb Angle
01-06-016-01 Baby Index
01-06-017-01 Baby Index on Circle

Group 01-07: Ring Finger
01-07-001-01 Index Middle Baby
01-07-002-01 Index Middle Baby on Circle
01-07-003-01 Index Middle Baby on Angle
01-07-004-01 Ring Down
01-07-005-01 Ring Up
01-07-006-01 Ring Baby
01-07-007-01 Ring Middle
01-07-008-01 Ring Index
01-07-009-01 Ring Thumb

Group 01-08: Middle Finger
01-08-001-01 Index Ring Baby
01-08-002-01 Index Ring Baby on Circle
01-08-003-01 Index Ring Baby on Curlicue
01-08-004-01 Index Ring Baby on Hinge
01-08-005-01 Index Ring Baby on AngleOut
01-08-006-01 Index Ring Baby on Angle
01-08-007-01 Middle Down
01-08-008-01 Middle Hinge
01-08-009-01 Middle Up
01-08-010-01 Middle Up Thumb Side
01-08-011-01 Middle Thumb Hook
01-08-012-01 Middle Thumb Baby
01-08-013-01 Middle Baby

Group 01-09: Index Thumb
01-09-001-01 Middle Ring Baby
01-09-002-01 Middle Ring Baby on Circle
01-09-003-01 Middle Ring Baby on Curlicue
01-09-004-01 Middle Ring Baby on Cup
01-09-005-01 Middle Ring Baby on Hinge
01-09-006-01 Middle Ring Baby on AngleOut
01-09-007-01 Middle Ring Baby on AngleIn
01-09-008-01 Middle Ring Baby on Angle
01-09-009-01 Middle Ring Baby Bent
01-09-010-01 Middle Ring Baby Unit on Claw
01-09-011-01 Middle Ring Baby Unit on ClawSide
01-09-012-01 Middle Ring Baby Unit on HookOut
01-09-013-01 Middle Ring Baby Unit on HookIn
01-09-014-01 Middle Ring Baby Unit on Hook
01-09-015-01 Index Thumb Side
01-09-016-01 Index Thumb SideUnit
01-09-017-01 Index Straight, ThumbBent
01-09-018-01 IndexBent, ThumbStraight
01-09-019-01 Index Thumb Forward
01-09-020-01 Index Bent, Thumb Forward
01-09-021-01 Index Thumb Hook
01-09-022-01 Index Thumb Cup Large
01-09-023-01 Index Thumb Cup
01-09-024-01 Index Thumb Circle
01-09-025-01 Index Thumb Hinge Large
01-09-026-01 Index Thumb Hinge
01-09-027-01 Index Thumb Hinge Small
01-09-028-01 Index Thumb AngleOut
01-09-029-01 Index Thumb AngleIn
01-09-030-01 Index Thumb Angle

Group 01-10: Thumb
01-10-001-01 Thumb
01-10-002-01 Thumb SideUnit
01-10-003-01 Thumb Bent
01-10-004-01 Thumb Forward
01-10-005-01 Thumb Between Index Middle
01-10-006-01 Thumb Between Middle Ring
01-10-007-01 Thumb Between Ring Baby
01-10-008-01 Thumb Under 4 Fingers
01-10-009-01 Thumb Under 3 Fingers
01-10-010-01 Thumb Under 2 Fingers
01-10-011-01 Fist



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