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A hand for each letter.
Also known as: Manual alphabet chart, Dactylology chart, Handshape letter chart
The chart showing the manual alphabet by which words are spelled in a signed language.
Shows the handshapes by which the letters of a written alphabet are spelled manually.
Contexts: Language and transcription, Public information
Fingerspelling is a bridge to a written language and is not the signed language itself, so a chart of the manual alphabet teaches spelling and no signed language at all — a distinction constantly lost in popular presentations.
Contexts: Language and transcription, Public information
Manual alphabets differ between signed languages and are not interchangeable: several use one hand and several use two, and they are not mutually intelligible.
Contexts: Language and transcription, Public information
A grid of hand figures, one to each letter of the written alphabet, drawn as the receiver sees them.