Some information about SignWriting

Fri Mar 4 19:10:41 UTC 2011

SignWriting List
March 4, 2011

Hello Alan!
Great to hear from you again - Thank you for giving us the links to the SignWriting on your Lojban-language site. I am really amazed at your applying SignWriting to this language-learning experience...a "Where are your keys" (WAYK) player that creates written documentation in SignWriting - imagine that!

I am trying to guess what these signs mean to you? smile... 

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On Mar 4, 2011, at 10:31 AM, Alan Post wrote:

> 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
>> 
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>> 
>> 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
> 
> -- 
> .i ma'a lo bradi ku penmi gi'e du
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