Some information about SignWriting

[Alan Post]

I use signwriting on my website {lo do ckiku ma zvati}:

  http://lodockikumazvati.org/

Here are two example pages that use SignWriting:

  http://lodockikumazvati.org/tadji/lo_valsi_porsi/
  http://lodockikumazvati.org/valsi_porsi/gismu/cinmo/

This website is a Lojban-language version of the language learning
game "Where are your Keys?"

  http://www.whereareyourkeys.org/

Which uses Pidgin Signed English as a bridge language, which I
describe here:

  http://lodockikumazvati.org/xanbau/

I think I'm the only "Where are your Keys?" player that uses Sign
Writing.  It is an essential part of my own documentation process,
though most WAYK players are oral-culture focused, and share their
work using video or during in-person gatherings.

I don't have the benefit of in-person players, so I'm relatively
more focused than a typical WAYK player on creating written
documentation.

-Alan

On Fri, Mar 04, 2011 at 10:23:43AM -0800, Valerie Sutton wrote:
>    SignWriting List
>    March 3, 2011
>    I just received this question:
> 
>      Hello Valerie.
> 
>      May be you could help me. It's very important for me to find:
>      1) brief history of SignWriting
>      2) how SignWriting is used in USA and other countries
> 
>    --------
>    Thank you for this question.
>    SignWriting History is located here:
>    SignWriting History
>    [1]http://www.signwriting.org/library/history/
>    Start here:
>    [2]http://www.signwriting.org/library/history/hist001.html
>    and follow the arrows to the next pages - it goes on for several web pages
>    after that...
>    Of course, these history pages always need to be updated - but this is a
>    beginning for you -
>    There are also other links, for example:
>    Who Uses SignWriting?
>    [3]http://www.signwriting.org/about/who/
>    Important to note that SignWriting did not start in the US. It started
>    when I lived in Denmark, to write Danish Sign Language. And SignWriting is
>    used in over 40 countries now, and some countries, like Germany,
>    Nicaragua, Spain and Brazil are very active (and of course other countries
>    too!)... That is why the Who Uses SignWriting link above is so much fun -
>    to read about other countries...
>    So SignWriting did not start with ASL...and other countries are having a
>    profound influence on SignWriting...
>    Thank you to everyone for all you do!
>    Val ;-)
>    Valerie Sutton
>    [4]Sutton at SignWriting.org
>    SignWriting
>    Read & Write Sign Languages
>    [5]http://www.SignWriting.org
>    SignPuddle
>    Create SignWriting Documents Online
>    [6]http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle
>    SignWriting Wiki
>    Wiki-style Articles in Sign Languages
>    [7]http://www.signbank.org/wiki
>    SignWriting List
>    Technical Support: Ask questions...
>    [8]http://www.SignWriting.org/forums/swlist
>    SignWriting Literature Project
>    Writing Literature in Sign Languages
>    [9]http://www.SignWriting.org/literature
>    SignWriting Encyclopedia Projects
>    Writing Encyclopedias in Sign Languages
>    [10]http://www.SignWriting.org/encyclopedia
>    SignWriting Sponsors Forum
>    Help Educational Non-Profit Organization
>    [11]http://www.SignWriting.org/forums/sponsors
>    SignWriting Shop
>    Books, DVDs, Lessons, Services
>    [12]http://www.SignWriting.org/shop
>    Deaf Action Committee For SignWriting
>    Center For Sutton Movement Writing
>    a US educational nonprofit organization
>    PO Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038, USA
>    Tel: 858-456-0098  Skype: valeriesutton
>    SignWriting on Twitter
>    [13]http://twitter.com/signwriting
>    SignWriting on YouTube
>    [14]http://youtube.com/signwriting
>    SignWriting on Facebook
>    [15]http://facebook.com/SignWriting
>    -------------
>    SignWriting List Archives & Home Page
>    [16]http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist
> 
>    Join, Leave or Change How You Receive SW List Messages
>    http://listserv.valenciacc.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SW-L&A=1
> 
> References
> 
>    Visible links
>    1. http://www.signwriting.org/library/history/
>    2. http://www.signwriting.org/library/history/hist001.html
>    3. http://www.signwriting.org/about/who/
>    4. http://Sutton@signwriting.org/
>    5. http://www.signwriting.org/
>    6. http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle
>    7. http://www.signbank.org/wiki
>    8. http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist
>    9. http://www.signwriting.org/literature
>   10. http://www.signwriting.org/encyclopedia
>   11. http://www.signwriting.org/forums/sponsors
>   12. http://www.signwriting.org/shop
>   13. http://twitter.com/signwriting
>   14. http://twitter.com/signwriting
>   15. http://twitter.com/signwriting
>   16. http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist

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