use of sign language in Jordan

[Cherie Wren]

[[Technically, SignWriting would be classified as a featural writing
 system, 
like Korean Hangeul (sic?), not an alphabet.  The first clue is the
 fact 
that there are about 25,000 symbols in the system, which is a huge
 inventory 
for an alphabet, indeed, much larger than a syllabary and getting close
 to 
the size of inventory needed for a logographic system. ]]

[[And another: is an alphabet with a manageable symbol inventory even
possible in a language with as many degrees of freedom as natural SLs
have?]]

One important fact to keep in mind:  those 25000 symbols that were mentioned are the symbols used to write ANY sign language (and more symbols are added all the time to cover a new SL that someone has asked to write)...  sort of the sign language IPA. There wold be a smaller subset used to write just ASL or just Ethiopian Sign Language.   

Cherie Wren  <-- not a linguist yet, but interested in it






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