Fun fact for those who don’t really know asl history: asl actually is a mix of fsl along with some versions of sign language a certain place (or maybe two, I don’t remember all too well) here in America that developed on their own, which is why asl is so similar to fsl. Feel free to fact check me on this, this is just what I’m learning in my high school asl class. Edit: thanks anne picaud for telling me the name of this second place, Martha’s Vineyard, where as far as I remember hardly anyone actually spoke English there, Most people spoke sign language, even hearing people
Hey Natalie, I know this is so many years later but how is your language learning coming? I actually am sort of on the same path currently. My daughter is deaf so I've been learning ASL and my major is in French. I have been looking into French sign today just because I was interested. Are your plans still the same?
This is amazing! I'm on my fourth year of learning asl and I want to become an interpreter. I decided I wanted to Lear more sign language such as French sign language, Spanish sign language and British sign language, so this helped so much!!
In the alphabet, for the "N" and the M ", your hand is supposed to be horizontal and not down, and for the J" the thumb has to be lifted too. For numbers 1-5, the palm of your hand should be facing you. For the numbers from 16 to 19, you just shake them once and do not flatten them at the end (I do not know if you understand or explain badly sorry ...). For the number 10, it is necessary to rotate the wrists forward and not down. About animals: for the dog, the sign is just under the chest and not on the side. For the cat, the 3 fingers do not close but open towards the outside and for the elephant the sign must be in front of the face and not on the side because it represents the trunk of the latter
F. DARRAS while this can be true, you have to take into account how they were taught and their style. Which language are you referring to? For ASL I know that the sign “cat” can be signed 4 different ways and they all are understood! Open fingers one or two hands, closed fist one or two hands. My school has two ASL professors and their signing is completely different! One was raised with BSL, and he tends to be a bit more formal with his signs. There are a bunch of different ways to sign 😛
What do you reckon is easier to learn and easier to sign (for peole with not particularly agile fingers)? I want to learn some basics of one of these to sign with my baby.
I am interesting to learning for FSL. I have known learning with ASL, Auslan and BSL. I want to learn FSL alphabet finger spelling. I will learn some sign words or vocabulary on later. I use my local language is NZSL in my homeland. I can understand that bit different of ASL and FSL. I was studied about Deaf history in Victoria Universary of Wellington on 2002. French hearing man who taught American hearing man were learned that sign language when moved to New York from London. Before FSL used in USA then later become ASL is own language in USA. I want to more learning about FSL. Also I do learning french language. Thank you for showing us that your video.
I'm not sure if it's the wifi I'm on or not, but this video has terrible quality, but other than that, great video! I'm interested in learning FLS, but I can't find a website that's in English and my French class learns really slow. Any advice on websites in English? Also, I read somewhere it's FLS, not FSL. Is that correct?
I'd suggest using “spread the sign” application. Not only you'll find easy translation between sign languages, but also sentences etc (well, some features are paid though, but it's a one shot payment, not expensive…)
I think it's cool that the languages are so different!! You could have sign language historical linguistics and this way deaf people are able to enjoy the same kind of different human ingenuity and linguistic diversity as hearing people can. Plus, deaf people can learn new languages just like hearing people. I think it's fun to learn languages disregarding practicality, and so if I were deaf, I know for sure that I would learn one of these languages first instead of an oral one that I am now.
