tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775970895704750855.post4667919604368985606..comments2023-12-19T02:28:52.511-08:00Comments on Did you or I think it first?: Universal Language? Esparanto? No! Try Sign Language!Maddishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17851887092757833504noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775970895704750855.post-92022784306994173752011-12-15T16:23:48.911-08:002011-12-15T16:23:48.911-08:00Thank You! Awesome Comment! But the people who can...Thank You! Awesome Comment! But the people who can speak would all be trained to sign in a similar way. Signing would become a way of communication between people no matter if they are deaf or not.Maddishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17851887092757833504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775970895704750855.post-52473547423386635382011-12-08T10:09:41.264-08:002011-12-08T10:09:41.264-08:00So you want an international language based on sig...So you want an international language based on sign language? You're not the first. Hundreds of sign languages are in use around the world. As early as 1951, at a gathering of the World Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf, the idea of "unifying" the many sign languages was being discussed (handspeak.com). They realized that having hundreds of interpreters at every event just wasn't feasible. So around 1973 a committee was given the task to devise and standardize a system of international gestures. The Commission on Unification of Signs of the World Federation of the deaf then issued a book of almost 1500 signs, chosen or invented by them and they called the new basic international vocabulary "Gestuno." The name is Italian and roughly translated means "oneness of sign languages". A fine idea, now 60 years old.<br /><br />I'm not sure that you could write novels or guide books in sign language. There's still a strong case for Esperanto.Bill Chapmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12810992711601197508noreply@blogger.com