Manual Alphabet

Definition: Manual Alphabet

Manual Alphabet

Noun

1. An alphabet used by the deaf; letters are represented by finger positions.

Specialty Definition: Manual alphabet

A manual alphabet is a series of handshapes that correspond exactly to the letters in the alphabet of a language. This allows words to be 'written in air' by being spelled out using the hands. Manual alphabets can be one or two handed. For, example, American Sign Language uses a one-handed manual alphabet while British Sign Language uses a two-handed one.

The process of spelling out words using a manual alphabet is called fingerspelling. Fingerspelling is an important part of Sign language. It is used in sign primarily for proper nouns and for names of person or places for which there is no sign.

Commercial Usage: Manual Alphabet

Domain	Title
Books	The Joy of Signing: The Illustrated Guide for Mastering Sign Language and the Manual Alphabet (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translations: Manual Alphabet

Language		Translations for "manual alphabet"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		haandalfabet (finger alphabet). (various references)

Dutch		vingeralfabet (finger alphabet). (various references)

Finnish		sormiaakkoset. (various references)

French		alphabet manuel. (various references)

German		Fingeralphabet (finger alphabet). (various references)

Italian		alfabeto manuale (finger alphabet), alfabeto dei segni (finger alphabet). (various references)

Pig Latin		anualmay alphabetay

Portuguese		manual (class-book, encipher, guide, handbook, text-book, vade mecum, work-book). (various references)

Russian		азбука глухонемых (finger-alphabet). (various references)

Spanish		alfabeto manual (finger alphabet), alfabeto de sordomudos, alfabeto de signos (finger alphabet). (various references)

Swedish		handalfabet. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Manual Alphabet

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-a-b-e-h-l-l-m-n-p-t-u"
	-3 letters: unpalatable.
	-4 letters: analphabet.
	-5 letters: melphalan, palatable, plantable, untamable.
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