Do you know the American Sign Language, the language that deaf communities use?
I don’t know anyone who is deaf yet thought it would be interesting to learn the alphabet and some basic words/phrases. Never know when there might be a chance I need to use it!
The alphabet seems pretty easy to memorize; it’s just a different method of learning your ABCs. Here’s the alphabet (no audio in this video):
Here’s a video of some basic signs/phrases in ASL (don’t know why this guy is shirtless in the beginning of the video; I used it because it was the shortest video I could find):
https://youtu.be/toIztzxGY9c
I’m sure it’s much more complicated when people using ASL get to “talking fast.”
Take a look at the videos if you’re interested in ASL. I think I’ll be practicing a little bit this weekend!
DCG
What a wonderful thing this is for people who experience hearing deficit.
Thank you DCG for this interesting post. It would be a good idea to learn sign language as you suggested.