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Valerie Sutton Date: Fri Jul 30, 1999 3:38 am Subject: Acronyms for Signed Languages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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July 29, 1999 Dear SW List Members... I have an unusual request. As you know, we are preparing an international interface for the new SignWriter 5.0 computer program. Someday we hope to represent many signed languages in the program, and our programmer asked me to give him the acronyms, or short abbreviations (preferably three letters only), for the names of 50 signed languages most likely to use the SignWriter Computer Program in the next couple of years...what a question! ;-) So I guessed at 50 possible countries, and I also guessed at the proper acronyms...I know a lot of them are wrong... So I am writing to ask your advice....what are the proper acronyms for the following signed languages? I look forward to your responses!! country1 = Argentina Argentinian Sign Language = LSA (based on the Spanish for "Language of Signs Argentinian") country2 = Australia Australian Sign Language = AUSLAN (if we need to shorten this, is "AUS" OK?) country3 = Austria Austrian Sign Language = AGS (based on the German for "Austrian Sign Language = Gebaerden Sprache means Sign Language) country4 = Belgium-French Belgian-French Sign Language = LSB (based on the French for "Language of Signs Belgique") country5 = Belgium-Flemish Flemish Sign Language = FGS (based on the Dutch or Flemish for Flemish Gebaerden Sprache) country6 = Brazil Brazilian Sign Language = LIBRAS (if we need to shorten this, is "LBR" OK?) country7 = Canada-English American Sign Language = ASL country8 = Canada-French French Canadian Sign Language = LSFC country9 = Chile Chilean Sign Language = LSCH country10 = China Chinese Sign Language = CSL country11 = Colombia Colombian Sign Language = LSC country12 = Denmark Danish Sign Language = DSL country13 = Egypt Egyptian Sign Language = EGSL country14 = Finland Finnish Sign Language = FSL country15 = France French Sign Language = LSF country16 = Germany German Sign Language = DGS country17 = Greece Greek Sign Language = GRSL country18 = Honduras Honduran Sign Language = LSH country19 = Hong Kong Hong Kong Sign Language = HKSL country20 = Hungary Hungarian Sign Language = HSL country21 = India Indian Sign Language = INSL country22 = Ireland Irish Sign Language = ISL country23 = Israel Israeli Sign Language = ISSL country24 = Italy Italian Sign Language = ITSL country25 = Japan Japanese Sign Language = JSL country26 = Malaysia Malaysian Sign Language = MYSL country27 = Malta Maltese Sign Language = MASL country28 = Mexico Mexican Sign Language = LSM country29 = Netherlands Dutch Sign Language = NGS country30 = New Zealand New Zealand Sign Language = NZSL country31 = Nicaragua Nicaraguan Sign Language = LSN country32 = Nigeria Nigerian Sign Language = NGSL country33 = Norway Norwegian Sign Language = NSL country34 = Pakistan Pakistani Sign Language = PKSL country35 = Peru Peruvian Sign Language = LSP country36 = Poland Polish Sign Language = PSL country37 = Portugal Portuguese Sign Language = LSPT country38 = Russia Russian Sign Language = RSL country39 = Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabian Sign Language = ARSL country40 = South Africa South African Sign Language = SASL country41 = Spain-Madrid Spanish Sign Language = LSE country42 = Spain-Catalan Catalonian Sign Language = LSCT country43 = Sweden Swedish Sign Language = SSL country44 = Switzerland-German Swiss-German Sign Language = SDGS country45 = Switzerland-French Swiss-French Sign Language = LSSF country46 = Switzerland-Italian Swiss-Italian Sign Language = LSSI country47 = Taiwan Taiwan Sign Language = TSL country48 = Thailand Thailand Sign Language = THSL country49 = United Kingdom British Sign Language = BSL country50 = United States American Sign Language = ASL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Valerie :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Valerie Sutton SignWriting Web Site https://www.SignWriting.org Post messages to the SignWriting List SignWriting List Archives https://www.egroups.com/group/sw-l ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The DAC Deaf Action Committee for SignWriting Center For Sutton Movement Writing an educational nonprofit organization PO. Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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