I would sorta say yes, because it is only showing hand movements and facial feature movements. Also, you would not need to learn phonetic sounds or whole words but rather movements. And would you say it is the fastest language to learn? or just a moderate learning speed?
Should Rosetta Stone make American Sign Language? I think they should, but instead of pictures they use short video clips of people doing the signs, I’d love to learn it like that.
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I think that the there is no modern ‘simplistic’ form of language. I think that a simplistic form of language would be through a small range of gestures and grunts (cavemen?) and symbolic pictoral depictions (also cavemen?).
sorta because it only involves action with your hands
I wouldn’t necessarily say that Sign Language is the most simplistic language…
While it can be easier to learn for some people (because some people are simply more visual than auditory), sign language can be thought of as any other language: there are certain ways to convey certain ideas, it has its own sayings and expressions, and it varies according to locale.
Sign language also takes on many forms, some of which include ASL, ESL, SEE, and MSL. Many words and ideas within all of these different forms of sign language vary immensely, so it is incorrect to say that sign language, in general, is the most simplistic language.
While other languages are based on words and syntactical techniques, much of sign language is based on emotion, and conveyance is everything.
In short, sign language is definitely not a very simplistic language, but Rosetta Stone should consider making a guide to ASL–it would help so many people master the mysteries of expression within sign language!