Poll: Can you use the sign language associated with your first language? Auteur du fil: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Can you use the sign language associated with your first language?".
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| | | | | Interesting question | Feb 1 |
I voted no, I don´t know any, but I do in fact know the finger alphabet, and could once use it a little in English. There were silence rules at my boarding school - no talking after bedtime lights out, for example. (Even though it was not always dark in summer!) Using sign language was considered breaking the rules, but we sometimes got away with it. I have not practised for more than 50 years, as no one else seems to know it!
I worked for a short while with a colleague who was a v... See more I voted no, I don´t know any, but I do in fact know the finger alphabet, and could once use it a little in English. There were silence rules at my boarding school - no talking after bedtime lights out, for example. (Even though it was not always dark in summer!) Using sign language was considered breaking the rules, but we sometimes got away with it. I have not practised for more than 50 years, as no one else seems to know it!
I worked for a short while with a colleague who was a voluntary sign-language interpreter in her spare time, but that was Danish sign language.
Approximately 4000 Danish citizens use Danish Sign Language as their primary language. This corresponds to approximately 0.1 % of the Danish population. In addition, we assume that about 20,000 people use the language daily either in a private, or in a professional capacity.
(Quoted from the website below)
Since 2014 Denmark has had an official Danish Sign Language Council, a section of the Danish Language Council.
https://dsn.dk/dansk-tegnsprog/the-danish-sign-language-council/
Both carry out research, publish dictionaries, and advise on language matters. ▲ Collapse
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I also voted no. I only know two or three basic signs. The Portuguese Sign Language (LGP) is one of Portugal's three official languages, recognised in the Portuguese Constitution in 1997. There are around 30,000 deaf people in Portugal who use LGP. In Portugal, LGP was born in the first school for the deaf in 1823, whose first educator was a Swede - Pär Aron Borg. The official television channel offers a course (various levels) in LGP and there are several platforms dedicated to the deaf commun... See more I also voted no. I only know two or three basic signs. The Portuguese Sign Language (LGP) is one of Portugal's three official languages, recognised in the Portuguese Constitution in 1997. There are around 30,000 deaf people in Portugal who use LGP. In Portugal, LGP was born in the first school for the deaf in 1823, whose first educator was a Swede - Pär Aron Borg. The official television channel offers a course (various levels) in LGP and there are several platforms dedicated to the deaf community. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Lingua 5B 
Bosnie-Herzegovine
Local time: 01:16
Membre (2009)
anglais vers croate
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No, I can’t. I only know some signs in ASL, for US English. I know some ASL foundational concepts such as pronouns, conjuctions, alphabet, some isolated words. I don’t know syntax much. This all by watching some YT instructional videos.
Actually I watched some for my local language too (because YT recommended), know some words such as various countries. Commonly countries are signed inspired with some visuals from the country’s flag (in the local SL).
But I can no... See more No, I can’t. I only know some signs in ASL, for US English. I know some ASL foundational concepts such as pronouns, conjuctions, alphabet, some isolated words. I don’t know syntax much. This all by watching some YT instructional videos.
Actually I watched some for my local language too (because YT recommended), know some words such as various countries. Commonly countries are signed inspired with some visuals from the country’s flag (in the local SL).
But I can now definitely distinguish a native from non-native signer, as the former ones use their face much more to enrich the syntax and profile the communication with more nunces and details.
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Edith van der Have
Pays-Bas
Local time: 01:16
Membre (2016)
anglais vers néerlandais
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... I know a few words of the Dutch sign language, probably not able to think of more than five. Two of them are the signs for "do not" and "hoard up"  Everyone in the Netherlands probably still remembers; the sign language interpreter went viral when this word was used in a Covid press conference during lockdown, when people were panick buying toilet paper and canned foods. Have... See more ... I know a few words of the Dutch sign language, probably not able to think of more than five. Two of them are the signs for "do not" and "hoard up" Everyone in the Netherlands probably still remembers; the sign language interpreter went viral when this word was used in a Covid press conference during lockdown, when people were panick buying toilet paper and canned foods. Have a look for yourself: https://tenor.com/view/irma-doventolk-gif-18792525
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| | | | Vanessa Dias
Brésil
Local time: 21:16
Membre (2022)
anglais vers portugais
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| Yes, but in a very basic level | Feb 12 |
As some colleagues, I've learned the alphabet and done some practice with songs and discussion with friends, but as it's not a necessity in my daily routine, I'm not sure if I'd be able to communicate well nowadays.
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