Signuno

[Adam C Schembri]

Adam C Schembri, PhD
Senior Research Fellow
Deafness, Cognition and Language (DCAL) Research Centre
University College London
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London WC1H0PD
United Kingdom
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On 12 Nov 2007, at 08:57, GerardM wrote:

> Hoi,
> I have read the article on Signuno on Wikipedia. It clearly  
> explains why Signuno is not a language. I agree with the argument  
> that as Signuno only tries to make Esperanto visible in signs, it  
> is equivalent to writing Esperanto.
>
> Consequently as it is not a language, it does not make sense to  
> consider a language code under the ISO-639-3. It may make sense to  
> include it under ISO-639-6, here it is most likely to get a special  
> status. Signuno may have led to the existence of International  
> Sign, however IS diverged from Signuno and became usable in its own  
> right, it has adopted from many sign languages but is separate from  
> all of them.
>
> Thanks,
>     Gerard
>
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