Fascinating Sign Language Signals That Are So Easy to Learn

On International Day of Sign Language, we thought it would be pretty cool to learn a few basic signs for words like: “sorry”, “thank you”, and “I love you”. Learn the alphabet and important one-word signs that will enable you to communicate easier. It’s also pretty interesting and just fun to know.

By Mariam Elhamy

Let’s start off with the alphabet:

If you don’t know the sign for a specific word or want to spell out a name, you can use fingerspelling with this alphabet to easily spell out any word you want to say.

Here are a few basic questions you can ask with one sign:

Some words that will help you in general communication with a deaf person:

And, here are the family members in sign language:

In total, there are 26 different hand signs that you need to learn if you want to master sign language. That doesn’t seem like too big of a number, does it?

Facial expressions are also very important when doing sign language because they explain the intensity of the phrase that you’re signing.

Here are some Youtube channels to get you started:

• Bill Vicars
• Signed With Heart
• Deafies in Drag
• ASL Anissa
• ASLMeredith
• Sign Duo 

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