[Sw-l] A question regarding how to write the right index finger touching a part of the left hand's palm and fingers

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
August 31, 2021

Hi there,
The use of the index finger to point to other fingers to show tone or vowels, exists in other sign language as well. One of the well-known examples is in British sign language. They have a two-handed alphabet and they use their index finger to Point to the tips of the fingers of the other hand to show the vowels. To type British fingerspelling we created a shorter way to write it by just using a contact star on the finger being pointed to for the vowels, but others wrote the details. Here are some examples:

British Fingerspelling Font iin SignWriting
https://www.signwriting.org/catalog/sw214.html <https://www.signwriting.org/catalog/sw214.html>

British Fingerspelling Keyboard design for SignWriter DOS
https://www.signwriting.org/forums/software/fingkeys/fkey044.html <https://www.signwriting.org/forums/software/fingkeys/fkey044.html>

https://www.signwriting.org/uk/GB04.html <https://www.signwriting.org/uk/GB04.html>

So it just depends on how much room you have to write or type two hands versus one.

Val

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> On Aug 31, 2021, at 1:50 PM, Sutthikhun Phaengphongsai <suttikunep at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Hello SWList members!
> 
> Today I have a question regarding how to write the right index finger touching a part of the left hand's palm and fingers.
> ThaiSL fingerspelling for vowels, tone marks, and other symbols is shown in the photo and video link below. The right index finger is used to indicate a vowel or a tone mark of a syllable on a part of the left hand's palm or fingers.
> There appear to be symbols used in the SignMaker to write the detailed digit location, but I'm not clear how to use them since I couldn't find a description in the SW Textbook.
> So, which SW symbols should these gestures be written with, and how should they be written?
> 
> Link: https://youtu.be/6eLfibTBiZQ?t=717 <https://youtu.be/6eLfibTBiZQ?t=717> (from 11:57)
> 
> Thank you so much in advance!
> I look forward to receiving your responses, 
> 
> Sutthikhun Phaengphongsai
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