<div dir="ltr">Thanks for the links, Jonathan.  However, Ethnologue uses a specialized triliteral code that doesn't reflect common usage (e.g. ase for ASL), while Wikipedia lists and links to a lot of sign languages but doesn't have any information on Egyptian Sign.  (I'm hoping to help set up a page for Egyptian Sign soon.)  <div>
<br></div><div>I'll keep searching, but until I hear of anything different, I think I'll use EgSL as a stand-in, to keep it from being confused with English as a Second Language.  Thanks again! </div><div>-Ryan<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Jonathan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:duncanjonathan@yahoo.ca">duncanjonathan@yahoo.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

  
    
  
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    Hi Ryan,<br>
        Welcome to the list.  <br>
        Here are two lists of world sign languages.<br>
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    <a href="http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=23-16" target="_blank">http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=23-16</a><br>
    <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sign_languages" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sign_languages</a><br>
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    Regards,<br>
    Jonathan<div><div class="h5"><br>
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    On 4/19/2012 5:30 AM, Ryan Fan wrote:
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      <div dir="ltr">One thing I forgot to ask: Does anyone know if
        there's an accepted abbreviation for Egyptian Sign Language?
         EgSL, perhaps?  (Analogous to Arabic Sign Language being
        referred to as ArSL.)  If there is a list of accepted names and
        abbreviations you could refer us to, that would be awesome.  
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          Many thanks!  </div>
        <div>-Ryan<br>
          <br>
          <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Ryan
            Fan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ryanfan42@gmail.com" target="_blank">ryanfan42@gmail.com</a>></span>
            wrote:<br>
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              <div dir="ltr">Hello Val! 
                <div>Thanks for referring me to the research and the
                  Saudi Arabian SignPuddle.  I'm sure it will be an
                  interesting comparison in terms of signs and SW
                  conventions.  I'll try to add an English, Modern
                  Standard Arabic (MSA), and Egyptian Arabic gloss for
                  each sign, if available.  </div>
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                <div>An important thing to keep in mind about Arabic:
                  "Arabic" is an umbrella term for many different
                  stratified and overlapping spoken languages.  (This is
                  an oversimplification; we can discuss in more depth
                  later.)  Many native speakers are not able to actively
                  distinguish features of their spoken variety and other
                  varieties, including the MSA used in literature.  The
                  same appears to hold true for perceptions of the
                  distinction between Egyptian Sign and what I've seen
                  in Egypt referred to as simply "Arabic Sign."
                   Hopefully, some of the data collection I'm trying to
                  do will shed more light on this subject from a Sign
                  perspective.  </div>
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                <div>Thanks again, and keep on dancing!  </div>
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                    <div>-Ryan</div>
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                      <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at
                        5:32 AM, Valerie Sutton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sutton@signwriting.org" target="_blank">sutton@signwriting.org</a>></span>
                        wrote:<br>
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                            <div>April 18, 2012</div>
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                            <div>Hello Ryan!</div>
                            <div>Thank you for your correspondence
                              today, and for adding signs to the
                              Egyptian SignPuddle Dictionary, which has
                              been close to empty for several years,
                              waiting for someone to take interest in
                              writing Egyptian Sign Language…</div>
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                            <div><img src="cid:part3.00040809.01010605@yahoo.ca" height="144" width="184"></div>
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                            <div>Egyptian SignPuddle</div>
                            <div><a href="http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle2.0/index.php?ui=1&sgn=84" target="_blank">http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle2.0/index.php?ui=1&sgn=84</a></div>
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                            <div>So it was only natural for me, when I
                              saw your message and some of the signs you
                              have written in SignPuddle, that I danced
                              around my office - because I did! Good
                              news is a good reason to dance…smile...</div>
                            <div><br>
                            </div>
                            <div>We will benefit from learning about
                              Arabic, linguistics, Egypt and Egyptian
                              Sign Language, so feel free to inform us…
                              It sounds like you are doing interesting
                              research and we look forward to learning
                              more about it - </div>
                            <div><br>
                            </div>
                            <div>Have you read some of Dr. Mohamed
                              AbuShaira's research on SignWriting in
                              Deaf Education in Jordan and Saudi Arabia?
                              It is in Arabic...</div>
                            <div><br>
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                            <div><a href="http://www.signwriting.org/arabia/" target="_blank">http://www.signwriting.org/arabia/</a></div>
                            <div><br>
                            </div>
                            <div>Have you seen the Saudi Arabian
                              SignPuddle in Arabic? </div>
                            <div><br>
                            </div>
                            <div>Saudi Arabian SignPuddle</div>
                            <div><a href="http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle2.0/index.php?ui=1&sgn=91" target="_blank">http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle2.0/index.php?ui=1&sgn=91</a></div>
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                            <div>Several countries will benefit from an
                              Arabic User Interface in SignPuddle, so
                              thank you for offering to help with that -</div>
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                            <div>Val ;-)</div>
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                                    <div>On Apr 18, 2012, at 4:20 PM,
                                      Ryan Fan wrote:</div>
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                                      <div>Hi all, <br>
                                        My name's Ryan, and I'm trying
                                        to start work on the Egyptian
                                        SignPuddle, <br>
                                        slowly transferring signs from
                                        my notebook onto the SignPuddle
                                        database.  In <br>
                                        truth, I'm rather new to
                                        SignWriting, and how my studies
                                        have led me to this <br>
                                        juncture is a bit of a long
                                        story.  <br>
                                        <br>
                                        In short, I have limited
                                        experience with ASL from grade
                                        school hymns and a <br>
                                        high school ASL club many years
                                        ago.  My undergraduate work
                                        focused on <br>
                                        mathematics and linguistics, as
                                        well as Arabic.  I've been
                                        living in Egypt for the <br>
                                        past couple years, studying
                                        Arabic while searching for a
                                        place to learn Egyptian <br>
                                        Sign Language.  The bureaucracy
                                        here is something of a tortuous
                                        and torturous <br>
                                        labyrinth, especially for
                                        foreigners, and I only managed
                                        to start attending <br>
                                        weekly Egyptian Sign classes
                                        this Spring, mere months before
                                        my departure to <br>
                                        start a graduate program in
                                        Arabic Linguistics back in the
                                        US.  I hope to return <br>
                                        relatively frequently (in
                                        intervals of ~6-12 months) for
                                        documentation and <br>
                                        research on both spoken Egyptian
                                        Arabic and Egyptian Sign.  <br>
                                        <br>
                                        Reading over Val's warm/dancing
                                        welcome to my inquiry and seeing
                                        some of the <br>
                                        archived emails, I'm grateful to
                                        be part of such a supportive and
                                        inquisitive <br>
                                        community!  Please feel free to
                                        contact me via email should you
                                        feel the strong <br>
                                        and sudden urge to discuss
                                        anything pertaining to Arabic,
                                        linguistics, Egypt, <br>
                                        signing, any combination of
                                        those, or anything else, really.
                                         Thanks!  <br>
                                        -Ryan<br>
                                        <br>
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