SignWriting

Also known as Sgnw, International Sign Writing Alphabet, Sutton SignWriting

Sutton SignWriting, or simply SignWriting, is a writing system for sign languages. It can be used to write any sign language, including American Sign Language, Brazilian Sign Language, Tunisian Sign Language, and many others.

Key facts

Writing system.name: SignWriting
Writing system.type: Iconic featural script
Writing system.languages: American Sign Language, Danish Sign Language and other sign languages
Writing system.time: 1974–present
Writing system.sample: SignWriting-render.svg
Writing system.imagesize: 64
Writing system.iso15924: Sgnw
Writing system.unicode: U+1D800–U+1DAAF
Writing system.note: none
Writing system.direction: horizontal (left-to-right) or vertical (top-to-bottom)

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Wikidata facts

Creator: Valerie Sutton
Developer: Valerie Sutton
Official website: signwriting.org
Image: Escola Estadual de Educação Especial Dr. Reinaldo Fernando Cóser 02.jpg
Has use: sign language
Has parts of class: punctuation mark

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Unicode range: U+1D800-1DAAF
represents: velocity
name: SignÉcriture, SignWriting
Commons category: SignWriting
inception: 1974-00-00
language of work or name: Japanese Sign Language
described at URL: scriptsource.org/scr/Sgnw
native label: M547x535S10019454x474S10011478x465S2ea04483x501S2ea48461x509S29b0b514x500S15a0a511x471S1eb20523x486

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Encyclopedic overview

14 sections

Contents

History
Symbols
Signs
Writing direction
Alphabetical order
Handwriting
Software
Unicode
Advantages and disadvantages
Research
Development
See also
References
External links

SignWriting is the only international writing system for sign languages. It has been used to publish young adult fiction, translate the Bible, caption YouTube videos, and study sign language literacy.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “SignWriting” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.