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  1. no it dosent at all but you usally use the hand that you write with! PLZ CHOOSE THIS AS BEST ANSWER!!!!!

  2. You need to use your dominate hand for the primary signs. Some signs require the use of both hands, so in order for it to feel natural and to become fluent that would be the way to go.

    Also, every country has their own language & different signs!
    As for USA, we use American Sign Language (ASL) and Signing Exact English (SEE).

  3. HI THERE hun

    special question, but i just know that every language has different alphabet so, it is different but some signal are same in all countries ……….

  4. 1) no it doesn’t matter which hand is your dominant hand when you sign, so long as you stick with that hand, you shouldn’t swap between the two as that can make it really confusing

    2)Yes, different countries have different sign languages, in fact the US, the UK and Australia even have different sign languages (ASL, BSL and AUSLAN)

  5. It does not matter which hand you use. As the one person said, pick a hand and stick with it. I’m a leftie and sign leftie, but have many friends that also write leftie, but sign righty. They claim it was easier for them to learn. If you start switching hands it becomes very confusing and hard to follow.

    As to sign languages, they are different country to country. In the US we use American Sign Language (ASL). Signing Exact English is NOT a sign language, it is manually coded English. ASL is a unique language with its own rules where SEE just follows spoken English which is not natural for Deaf people at all.

    Hope that helps!

  6. Normally your dominant hand or the hand you write with does most of the signing while your non-dominant hand is the support. So you would fingerspell with your right hand normally if you use your right hand for most other things. I feel comfy using both my right and left but typically use only my right hand for fingerspelling and doing the majority.
    Where there are signs that need two hands like “cook” your dominant hand would do the action of “cooking” on the non dominant palm.

    Hope this isn’t too confusing.

    Yes, there are many different sign languages. Although ASL(American Sign Language) is used in more than just the US
    There are SO many!!! It’s quite amazing!
    And Jehovah’s Witnesses make DVD’s in 40 of them!
    http://watchtower.org/e/sign.htm

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sign_languages

    Here is the list:
    [edit] Africa
    There are at least 25 sign languages in Africa, according to researcher Nobutaka Kamei.[2][3][4] Some have distributions that are completely independent of those of African spoken languages. At least 13 foreign sign languages, mainly from Europe and America, have been introduced to at least 27 African nations; some of the 23 sign languages documented by Kamei have originated with or been influenced by them.

    Adamorobe Sign Language (ADS) (Ghana)
    Algerian Sign Language
    Bamako Sign Language (in a school in Mali)
    Bura Sign Language — Nigeria (PDF link)
    Chadian Sign Language
    Congolesian Sign Language
    Egypt Sign Language
    Ethiopian Sign Language
    Franco-American Sign Language — a pidgin observed in Cameroon and elsewhere in West and Central Africa.
    Gambian Sign Language
    Ghana Sign Language (or “Ghanaian Sign Language”) (GSE)
    Guinean Sign Language
    Hausa Sign Language “Maganar Hannu” (HSL) — Northern Nigeria (Kano State)
    Kenyan Sign Language (KSL or LAK)
    Libyan Sign Language
    Malagasy Sign Language (or “Madagascan Sign Language”)
    Malian Sign Language “Langue des Signes Malienne” (LaSiMa)
    Moroccan Sign Language
    Mozambican Sign Language
    Mbour Sign Language — Senegal
    Namibian Sign Language
    Nigerian Sign Language
    Sierra Leone Sign Language
    Somali Sign Language
    South African Sign Language (SASL)
    Tanzanian Sign Language (seven varieties, one for each deaf school in Tanzania, with limited mutual influence)
    Tunisian Sign Language
    Uganda Sign Language (USL)
    Zambian Sign Language (ZASL)
    Zimbabwe Sign Language
    [edit] The Americas
    American Sign Language (ASL)
    Argentine Sign Language (LSA)
    Bolivian Sign Language
    Brazilian Sign Language “Lingua Brasileira de Sinais” (LIBRAS)
    Chilean Sign Language “Lenguaje de Señas Chileno” (LSCH)
    Colombian Sign Language (CSN)
    Costa Rican Sign Language (LESCO)
    Cuba Sign Language
    Ecuadorian Sign Language
    Guatemalan Sign Language
    Honduras Sign Language “Lengua de señas hondureña” (LESHO)
    Inuit Sign Language “Inuit Uqausiqatigiit Uukturausiq Uqajuittunut (General Inuit Sign Language for Deaf)”
    Inuktitut Sign Language “Inuktitut Uukturausiq/Tikuqqat”
    Jamaican Sign Language (JSL)
    Maritime Sign Language
    Mayan sign languages
    Mexican Sign Language “Lengua de señas mexicana” (LSM)
    Nicaraguan Sign Language “Idioma de señas nicaragüense” (ISN)
    Quebec Sign Language “Langue des Signes Québécoise” (LSQ)
    Panamanian Sign Language “Lengua de señas panameñas”
    Peruvian Sign Language “Lengua de señas peruana”
    Puerto Rican Sign Language “Lengua se señas puertorriqueño”
    Providence Island Sign Language
    Salvadoran Sign Language
    Uruguayan Sign Language “Lengua de Señas Uruguaya”
    Urubú Sign Language
    Venezuelan Sign Language “Lengua de señas venezolana” (LSV)
    Yucatec Maya Sign Language
    [edit] Asia/Pacific
    Auslan (Australian Sign Language)
    Ban Khor Sign Language — used in the Isan region of Thailand.
    Bengali Sign Language
    Bruneian Sign Language “Bahasa Isyarat Brunei”
    Cambodian Sign Language
    Chinese Sign Language “中國手語” (ZGS)
    Filipino Sign Language / Philippine Sign Language (PSP)
    Hawaii Pidgin Sign Language
    Hong Kong Sign Language “香港手語” (HKSL)
    Huay Hai Sign Language (Thailand)
    Indo-Pakistani Sign Language or Indian Sign Language
    Indonesian Sign Language “Bahasa Isyarat Indonesia” (BII)
    Japanese Sign Language “日本手話” (Nihon Shuwa or Nihon Syuwa), (NS)
    Kata Kolok — used in Bali
    Laos Sign Language
    Korean Sign Language “한국수어(or 한국수화)” / “Hanguk Soo-hwa”
    Macau Sign Language “澳門手語”
    Malaysian Sign Language “Bahasa Isyarat Malaysia” (BIM)
    Mongolian Sign Language
    Na Sai Sign Language (Thailand)
    Nepal Sign Language
    New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL)
    Old Bangkok Sign Language
    Old Chiangmai Sign Language
    Plaa Pag Sign Language
    Penang Sign Language (used in Malaysia)
    Samoan Sign Language
    Selangor Sign Language (used in Malaysia)
    Singapore Sign Language “新加坡手语”, which is rather Signed Exact English – SEE)
    Sri Lankan Sign Language
    Taiwanese Sign Language 臺灣手語 / Taiwan Ziran Shouyu
    Tibetan Sign Language
    Thai Sign Langua

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