SignWriting List
March 28, 2002
The New York Times reporter had two questions for me...The first was:
1. Which countries use SignWriting?
My answer: See the map attached. The 27 countries, or geographical
areas, that use SignWriting are:
1. Arabic Nations (teachers from Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Syria)
2. Belgium
3. Bolivia
4. Brazil
5. Canada (2 areas: 1... English-Canada and 2...French-Canada)
6. Colombia
7. Denmark
8. El Salvador
9. England
10. Finland
11. France
12. Germany
13. Greece
14. Ireland
15. Italy
16. Japan
17. Malaysia
18. Malta
19. Mexico
20. Netherlands
21. Nicaragua
22. Norway
23. Peru
24. South Africa
25. Spain
26. Switzerland (2 areas: 1....German-Swiss and 2...French-Swiss)
27. USA (several areas, including: New Mexico, Michigan, Maine, North
Carolina, Washington DC etc...)
Now my question to the SignWriting List....Do you know of other
countries using SignWriting? I would love your input! Val ;-) |