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'''Manually Coded Languages''' (MCLs) are representations of spoken languages in a gestural-visual form; that is, "sign language" versions of spoken languages. Unlike the natural [[sign languages]] that have evolved naturally in [[Deaf community|Deaf communities]] over hundreds of years, MCLs are the invention of [[Hearing (person)|hearing people]]. MCLs have mainly been used in [[deaf education]] and by sign language [[interpreters]].

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'''Manually coded languages''' are a family of gestural communication methods which include [[fingerspelling|gestural spelling]] as well as [[constructed language]]s which directly interpolate the grammar and syntax of oral languages in a gestural-visual form—that is, [[sign language|signed]] versions of oral languages. Unlike the sign languages that have evolved naturally in [[deaf communities]], these manual codes are the conscious invention of [[Hearing (person)|deaf and hearing educators]], and as such lack the distinct spatial structures present in native deaf sign languages.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Spencer |first1=Amy |last2=Glover |first2=Cathy |title=A Continuum of Communication: Manually Coded English Systems |url=https://www.mecdhh.org/uploads/Pdfs/Webinars/MCE.pdf |website=Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing |access-date=2021-03-15 |date=2015-06-15}}</ref> MCLs mostly follow the [[grammar]] of the oral language—or, more precisely, of the written form of the oral language that they interpolate. They have been mainly used in [[deaf education]] in an effort to "represent [[English language|English]] on the hands" and by sign language [[Interpreting|interpreters]] in K-12 schools, although they have had some influence on deaf sign languages where their implementation was widespread.

==History==

It is unknown when the first attempts were made to represent aan complete spokenoral language with gesture. Indeed, some have speculated that spokenoral languages may have evolved from sign languages, and there may be many undocumented cases in history when spokenvocal and signed modes of a language existed side by side. TheIt [[Warlpiri]]is communitynot ofuncommon for people to develop gestures to replace words or phrases in contexts where speech is not possible or not permitted, such as in a [[centraltelevision Australiastudio]], havebut developedthese anare elaborateusually representationlimited in scope and rarely develop into complete representations of theiran spokenoral language,. knownOne asof the most elaborated examples of this kind of auxiliary manual system is [[Warlpiri Sign Language]], a complete signed mode of [[Warlpiri language|spoken Warlpiri]] which was developed by an [[Indigenous Australians|Indigenous]] community in [[central Australia]] due to traditionalcultural proscriptions against speech. Sign language linguists usually make a distinction between these [[auxiliary sign language]]s and manually coded languages; the latter are specifically designed for use in certainDeaf situtationseducation, and usually represent the written form of the language.

In seventh century England, the years of (672-735), [[Bede|Venerable Bede]], a [[Benedictine]] monk, proposed a system for representing the letters of the [[Latin script]] on the fingers called fingerspelling. [[Monastic sign language]]s used throughout [[medieval Europe]] used [[manual alphabet]]s as well as signs, and were capable of representing a written language, if one had enough patience. Aside from the commonly understood rationale of observing a "[[vow of silence]]", they also served as [[mnemonic]]s for preachers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://exhibits.library.yale.edu/exhibits/show/deafculture/manualsystems|title=Manually Coded Language and Alternate Sign Systems · Deaf: Cultures and Communication, 1600 to the Present · Online Exhibits@Yale|website=exhibits.library.yale.edu|language=en-US|access-date=2017-09-06}}</ref> These manual alphabets began to be used to teach the deaf children of royalty in 17th century Spain. Such alphabets are in widespread use today by signing deaf communities for representing words or phrases of the oral language used in their part of the world.

Most of today's modern Manually Coded Languages can trace their origin to the [[manual alphabet]]s used in [[medieval Europe]] which designated a different hand sign for each letter of the [[Latin alphabet]] (see [[manual alphabet]]) and began to be used in deaf education from the [[17th century]]. A significant innovation was introduced by the [[Abbé de l'Épée]], an educator from [[18th century]] France who founded the world's first known public school for deaf students. Épée recognised that the Deaf community used their own sign language, but thought it must be primitive, and set about designing a complete visual-gestural system to represent the concepts of religion and law that he wanted to impart to his pupils. His system of ''signes méthodiques'' (known in English as "Methodical Signs") wasn't a strict representation of French, but its success laid the groundwork for modern Manually Coded Languages (especially the "signed spoken languages" — see below).

The earliest known attempt to develop a complete signed mode of a language which could be used to teach deaf children was by the [[Abbé de l'Épée]], an educator from 18th century France. While the Deaf community already used a sign language, now known as [[Old French Sign Language]], Épée thought it must be primitive, and set about designing a complete visual-gestural system to represent the concepts of religion and law that he wanted to impart to his pupils. His system of {{Lang|fr|signes méthodiques}} was quite idiosyncratic, and although it was not a strict representation of French, its success laid the groundwork for the "signed oral languages" of today. The real proliferation of such systems occurred in the latter half of the [[20th century]], and by the [[1980s]], "signedmanually spokencoded languages" were the dominant form of communication used by teachers and interpreters in classrooms with deaf students in many parts of the world. Most sign language "[[interpreting]]" seen on television in the 1970s and 1980s would have in fact been a [[transliteration]] of an oral language into a manually coded language.

The emerging [[recognition of sign languages]] in recent times has curbed the growth of Manuallymanually Codedcoded Languageslanguages, and in many places, interpreting and educational services now favor the use of the natural sign languages of the Deaf community. AIn contemporarysome parts of the world, MCLs attemptcontinue to developbe developed and supported by state institutions; a MCLcontemporary example is [[Arabic Sign Language]]. Some MCL systems, such as the [[Paget Gorman Sign System]] have survived by shifting their focus from deaf education to people with other kinds of communication needs.

==Criticisms==

The use of MCLs is controversial, and has been opposed since Épée's time by "[[oralism|oralists]]" who believe Deaf people should speak, lipread and use [[hearing aids]] rather than sign — and on the other side, from defenders of [[Deaf culture]] who resist attempts to supplant their community language with the language of the dominant (Hearing) culture. The Deaf community tend to find MCLs "unnatural" and "cumbersome", but elements of these systems have also had an influence on deaf sign languages (see [[Contact Sign]]).

The use of MCLs is controversial and has been opposed since Épée's time by "[[oralism|oralists]]" who believe Deaf people should speak, lipread and use [[hearing aids]] rather than sign—and on the other side by members of the American Sign Language (ASL) community (see [[Deaf culture]]) who resist a wide or exclusive application of MCLs for both philosophical and practical reasons. English is not fully able to express the ability of those with disabled hearing to communicate,{{opinion|date=April 2021}} and just as written forms of spoken languages are useful but cumbersome for daily communication, these manual codes cannot supplant a natural Signed Language{{opinion|date=April 2021}}. Nevertheless, elements of these systems have had some influence on deaf sign languages (see [[Contact sign]]).

Research{{by whom|date=April 2021}} in the U.S. has shown that [[manually coded English]] is usually applied incompletely and inconsistently in classrooms:{{citation needed|date=April 2021}} Hearing teachers tend to "cut corners" by not signing word endings and "[[function word]]s", most likely because they slow down the pace and distort the phrasing of the teacher's natural speech. The result is a kind of "[[Pidgin Sign English]]" which lacks the grammatical complexity of both English and [[American Sign Language]].

Some MCL systems have survived by shifting their focus from deaf education to people with other kinds of commiunication needs.

==Major approaches==

There have been many different approaches to manually coding spokenoral languages. Some consist of [[fingerspelling]] everything, a technique sometimes known in English as the "Rochester method" after [[Rochester School for the Deaf]] in [[New York]] where it was used from [[1878]] until the [[1940s]]. While most MCLs are slower than spoken or sign languages, this method is especially so, and in modern times is generally considered not to be accessible to children. However, some [[deafblind]] people still communicate primarily using thisthe methodRochester Method. Most manually coded languages can accommodate [[simultaneous communication]]—that is, signing and speaking at the same time—although the natural pace of speech may need to be slowed down at times.{{Citation needed|date=December 2019}}

The Paget Gorman Sign System (PGSS) is an MCL that began development in the 1930s by Sir Richard Paget. He studied extant sign languages and looked to create an easier way to understand signs that were pantomimic in nature. He worked with Grace Paget (his wife) and Pierre Gorman, who both took over his work after his death in 1955. Paget published a book in 1951 focusing on children's vocabulary that included 900 signs.{{Citation needed|date=December 2019}}

A unique system that was widespread in British deaf education from the [[1960s]] to the [[1980s]] is the [[Paget Gorman Sign System]]. Developed in Britain 1930s, it uses 37 basic signs and 21 standard hand postures to represent a large vocabulary of English words, word endings and verb tenses.

In 1964, PGSS was taught for the first time to a group of deaf adults in an experiment. It evolved from education for the deaf to teaching those with speech and language disorders. New systems were developed for deaf adults to transition into [[British Sign Language]] (BSL), thus causing the pivot in use.{{Citation needed|date=December 2019}}

===Signed spoken languages===

These systems ("[[Signed English]]", "Signed German" and so on) were the vehicle for the world-wide explosion of MCLs in the second half of the 20th century. They build up a word-for-word representation of the spoken (or written) language by taking signs ("[[lexicon]]") from the local deaf [[sign language]] and adding specially-created signs for words and word endings, often using "initialisations" and spelling. Thus "Signed English" in America (based on [[American Sign Language|ASL]]) has a lexicon quite different to "Signed English" in the UK (based on [[British Sign Language|BSL]]), as well as the Signed Englishes of Ireland, Australasia and South Africa.

PGSS currently has an estimated 56,000 word combinations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pagetgorman.org/history/b5674aa4-a021-4667-bc94-429482a84274|title=Paget Gorman Signed Speech {{!}} Our History|website=www.pagetgorman.org|access-date=2017-09-08}}</ref>

===Cued Speech===

Another popular system that has been adapted for many languages is [[Cued Speech]], which is a manual supplement to [[lipreading]] than a full Manually Coded Language. Cued Speech uses a limited number of handshapes and locations near the mouth to differentiate between sounds not distinguishable from on the lips. When viewed together with lip patterns, the system renders all [[phoneme]]s of the spoken language intelligible visually.

==List=Signed of manually codedoral languages===

These systems ("[[Signed English]]", "Signed German" and so on) were the vehicle for the world-wide explosion of MCLs in deaf education in the second half of the 20th century, and are what is generally meant by the phrase "manually coded language" today. They aim to be a word-for-word representation of the written form of an oral language, and accordingly require the development of an enormous vocabulary. They usually achieve this by taking signs ("[[lexicon]]") from the local deaf [[sign language]] as a base, then adding specially created signs for words and word endings that do not exist in the deaf sign language, often using "initializations", and filling in any gaps with [[fingerspelling]]. Thus "Signed English" in America (based on ASL) has a lexicon quite different from "Signed English" in Britain (based on [[British Sign Language|BSL]]), as well as the Signed Englishes of Ireland, Australasia and South Africa. "[[Signing Exact English]]" (SEE2) was developed in the United States in 1969, has also been taught around the world, and is now used in deaf schools in [[Singapore]], and taught in classes by the Singapore Association for the Deaf.<ref>[http://www.sadeaf.org.sg/Sign%20Language.htm Sign Language] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070302160237/http://www.sadeaf.org.sg/Sign%20Language.htm |date=2007-03-02 }} (Singapore Association or the Deaf website)</ref>

*[[Afrikaans]]: [[Signed Afrikaans]]

*[[Alu language|Alu]] (Thailand): [[Cued Speech]] (Alu)

===Mouth–hand systems===

*[[Arabic language|Arabic]]: [[Arabic Sign Language]]; [[Cued Speech]] (Arabic)

Another widespread approach is to visually represent the [[phoneme]]s (sounds) of an oral language, rather than using signs for the words. These systems are sometimes known as "Mouth Hand Systems" (MHS). An early example was developed in Denmark in 1903 by [[Georg Forchhammer]].<ref>Birch-Rasmussen, S. (1982). ''Mundhandsystemet.'' Copenhagen: Doves Center for Total Kommunikation.<br>Reynolds, Brian Watkins (1980). ''Speechreading training related to the Danish mouth handsystem for adventitiously hearing impaired adults.'' Ann Arbor : U.M.I. 1980 - 145 p. Dissertation: Purdue Univ.</ref> Others include the Assisted Kinemes Alphabet (Belgium) and a [[Persian language|Persian]] system developed in 1935 by [[Jabar Baghtcheban]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20091027133902/http://geocities.com/abehmanesh/IranDeaf.htm Deaf Way II Presentation On Iranian Deaf Culture], by Abbas Ali Behmanesh</ref>—in addition to the most widespread MHS worldwide, [[Cued Speech]]. As the entire set of phonemes for an oral language is small (English has 35 to 45, depending on the [[dialect]]), an MHS is relatively easy to adapt for other languages.

*[[Bahasa Melayu]]: ''see Malay.''

*[[Byelorussian language|Byelorussian]]: [[Cued Speech]] (Byelorussian)

Cued Speech can be seen as a manual supplement to [[lipreading]]. A small number of hand shapes (representing [[consonant]]s) and locations near the mouth (representing [[vowel]]s) differentiate between sounds not distinguishable from on the lips; in [[Tone (linguistics)|tonal languages]], the inclination and movement of the hand follows the tone. When viewed together with lip patterns, the gestures render all phonemes of the oral language intelligible visually.

*[[Chinese language|Chinese]]:

**[[Cantonese]]: [[Cued Speech]] (Cantonese (Chinese))

Cued Speech is not traditionally referred to as a manually coded language; although it was developed with the same aims as the signed oral languages, to improve English language literacy in Deaf children, it follows the sounds rather than the written form of the oral language. Thus, speakers with different accents will "cue" differently.

**[[Wenfa Shouyu]] (Signed Mandarin (Taiwan)); [[Cued Speech]] (Mandarin)

*[[Danish language|Danish]]: [[Signed Danish]]

Cued speech has been used to prepare deaf children for hearing aids and cochlear implants by teaching the prospective wearer the oral language's phonemes. By the time the child has received a hearing aid or has been implanted with a cochlear implant, the child does not need such intense auditory training to learn to hear the oral language.{{Citation needed|date=August 2020}}

*[[Dutch language|Dutch]]: [[Cued Speech]] (Dutch)

**Netherlandic Dutch: [[Signed Dutch]] (Netherlands)

==List of signed languages==

**[[Flemish language|Flemish]]: Vlamisch met Gebaren ("[[Signed Dutch]] (Belguim)")

{{see also|Cued speech#Languages}}

*[[English language|English]] (see [[Manually Coded English]]): The "[[Rochester Method]]" — (different [[manual alphabet]]s are used in different regions).

Below are some of the signed systems that have been developed for various oral languages. They range from formal systems that encode the grammar of the oral language, to informal systems of using sign together with speech, to translating oral words one-by-one to sign.

**[[American English]]: American [[Signed English]]; [[Seeing Essential English]] (SEE1); [[Signing Exact English]] (SEE2); [[Linguistics of Visual English]] (LOVE); [[Conceptually Accurate Signed English]] (CASE); [[Cued Speech]] (American English)

**[[Australian English]]: Australasian [[Signed English]]; [[Cued Speech]] (Australian English)

See [[Australian Aboriginal sign languages]] for traditional manually coded languages such as [[Warlpiri Sign Language]].

**[[British English]]: British [[Signed English]]; [[Sign Supported Speech]] (SSS) or Sign Supported English (SSE) (speaking English with key-word signing); [[Cued Speech]] (British, Standard Southern); [[Paget Gorman Signed Speech]] (PGSS).

**[[Hiberno-English]] (Ireland): [[Signed English]] (Ireland)

{| class="wikitable"

**[[Scottish English]]: [[Cued Speech]] (Scottish English)

! colspan="2" | Language !! Signed encoding

**[[South African English]]: [[Cued Speech]] (South African English)

|-

**[[Trinidadian Creole English]] and [[Tobagonian Creole English]]: [[Cued Speech]] (Trinidad-Tobago (English))

| colspan="2" | [[Afrikaans]] || [[Signed Afrikaans]] (signs of SASL)

* [[Esperanto]]: [[Signuno]]

|-

* [[Finnish language|Finnish]]: [[Signed Finnish]]

| colspan="2" | [[Amharic language|Amharic]] || [[Signed Amharic]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.academia.edu/1230482|title=Complexities of Ethiopian Sign Language Contact Phenomena & Implications for AAU|access-date=2014-01-10|archive-date=2023-10-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008081443/https://www.academia.edu/1230482|url-status=dead}}</ref>

* [[Flemish language|Flemish]]: ''see Dutch (Belgium).''

|-

* [[French language|French]]:

| colspan="2" | [[Arabic language|Arabic]] || [[Signed Arabic]]{{citation needed|date=January 2014}}

** [[Belgian French]]: [[Signed French]] (Belgium)

|-

** [[Canadian French]]: [[Signed French]] (Canada); [[Cued Speech]] (French-Canadian)

| colspan="2" | [[Mandarin Chinese]] || [[Wenfa Shouyu]] {{Lang|zh|文法手語}} ('Grammatical Sign Language', Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.csie.ndhu.edu.tw/webv3/cht/speech/20091030%282%29.pdf |title=台灣手語簡介 |access-date=2014-01-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110090803/http://www.csie.ndhu.edu.tw/webv3/cht/speech/20091030%282%29.pdf |archive-date=2014-01-10 }}</ref>{{dubious|reason=source refers to 文法手語 term as encompassing all MCLs|date=September 2021}}

** Standard French (France): le Français Signé ([[Signed French]], France); [[Cued Speech]] ("Langage parlé complété", LPC)

|-

* [[German language|German]]:

| colspan="2" | [[Danish language|Danish]] || [[Signed Danish]]<ref>{{e17|dsl|Danish Sign Language}}</ref>

**Standard German: [[Signed German]]; Lautsprachbegleitende(r) Gebärden or Lautbegleitende Gebärden (LBG, "Speech accompanied signs"); "Phonembestimmes Manualsystem" (Phonemic Manual System).

|-

**[[Swiss German]]: [[Cued Speech]] (Swiss German)

*| colspan="2" | [[HebrewDutch language|HebrewDutch]]: || {{Lang|nl|Nederlands met Gebaren}}, NmG ([[Signed HebrewDutch]];, [[Cuedthe Speech]]Netherlands)

|-

* [[Hindustani language|Hindi-Urdu]]: [[Indian Signing System]] (ISS) (vocabulary taken from ISL, adapted for various Indian languages)

| rowspan="7" | [[English language|English]]

**[[Urdu]]: [[Signed Urdu]]

| generic English || The [[Rochester Method]]—(different manual alphabets are used in different regions). [[Signed English]] depends on signs from the local sign language.

* [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]]: [[Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia]] (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian"); [[Cued Speech]] (Indonesian)

|-

* [[Italian language|Italian]]: [[Cued Speech]] (Italian)

| [[American English]] || [[American Signed English]]; [[Seeing Essential English]] (SEE1); [[Signing Exact English]] (SEE2); [[Linguistics of Visual English]] (LOVE); [[Conceptually Accurate Signed English]] (CASE)

* [[Japanese language|Japanese]]: [[Signed Japanese]] (also known as Manually Coded Japanese, Simultaneous Methodic Signs); [[Cued Speech]]

|-

* [[Kituba language|Kituba]]: [[Cued Speech]] (Kiluba-Kituba)

| [[Australian English]] || [[Australasian Signed English]]

* [[Korean language|Korean]]: [[Cued Speech]] (Korean)

|-

* [[Lingala language|Lingala]]: [[Cued Speech]] (Lingala)

| [[British English]] || [[British Signed English]]; [[Sign Supported Speech]] (SSS) or Sign Supported English (SSE) (speaking English with key-word signing); [[Paget Gorman Signed Speech]] (PGSS)

* [[Luba-Katanga language|Luba-Katanga]]: [[Cued Speech]] (Kiluba-Kituba)

|-

* [[Malagasy language|Malagasy]]: [[Cued Speech]] (Malagasy)

| [[Hiberno-English]] (Ireland) || [[Irish Signed English]], using signs from [[Irish Sign Language]] (Ireland) and Signed English, using signs from [[Northern Ireland Sign Language]] (Northern Ireland)

* [[Malay language|Malay]]: [[Bahasa Malaysia Kod Tangan]] (BMKT) (Manually Coded Malay)

|-

* [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]: [[Cued Speech]] (Malayalam)

| [[Kenyan English]] || [[Kenya Signed English]]

* [[Mandarin language|Mandarin]]: ''See Chinese.''

|-

* [[Marathi language|Marathi]]: [[Cued Speech]]

| [[South African English]] || [[South African Signed English]] (using SASL signs)

* [[Navajo language|Navajo]]: [[Cued Speech]]

|-

* [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]: [[SIgned Norwegian]]

| colspan="2" | [[Esperanto]] || [[Esperanto manual alphabet|Signuno]]

* [[Oriya language|Oriya]]: [[Cued Speech]]

|-

* [[Polish language|Polish]]: [[System Językowo-Migowy]] (SJM) (Signed Polish); [[Cued Speech]]

| colspan="2" | [[Finnish language|Finnish]] || [[Signed Finnish]]<ref>{{e17|fse|Finnish Sign Language}}</ref>

* [[Portuguese]]: [[Signed Portuguese]]

|-

**[[Brazilian Portuguese]]: [[Cued Speech]] (Brazilian)

| colspan="2" | [[French language|French]] || [[Signed French]]

**[[European Portuguese]]: [[Cued Speech]] (European)

* [[Russian language|Russian]]: [[Signed Russian]]

|-

* [[Shona language|Shona]]: [[Cued Speech]] (Shona)

| colspan="2" | [[German language|German]] || [[Signed German]] – {{Lang|de|Lautsprachbegleitende Gebärden}} (LBG, 'signs accompanying speech') and {{Lang|de|Lautsprachunterstützende Gebärden}} (LUG, 'signs supporting speech')<ref>[[:de:Lautsprachbegleitende Gebärden#Lautsprachunterst.C3.BCtzende Geb.C3.A4rden|article on German Wikipedia about LBG and LUG]]</ref>

* [[Spanish language|Spanish]]: [[Signed Spanish]]; [[Cued Speech]] (Spanish)

|-

* [[Swahili language|Swahili]]: [[Cued Speech]] (Swahili)

| colspan="2" | [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] || [[Signed Hebrew]] (oral Hebrew accompanied by sign)<ref>Meir & Sandler, 2013, ''A Language in Space: The Story of Israeli Sign Language''</ref>

* [[Swedish language|Swedish]]: [[Tecknad svenska]], ("Signed Swedish"), developed in the 1970s but now largely out of use; [[Cued Speech]] (Swedish)

|-

* [[Telugu language|Telegu]]: [[Cued Speech]] (Telegu)

| colspan="2" | [[Hindustani language|Hindi-Urdu]] and other [[languages of India]] || [[Indian Signing System]] (ISS) (vocabulary taken from ISL, adapted to at least six Indian languages)

* [[Thai language|Thai]]: [[Cued Speech]] (Thai)

|-

* [[Tshiluba language|Tshiluba]]: [[Cued Speech]] (Tshiluba)

| colspan="2" | [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]] || [[Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia]] (SIBI, 'Signed Indonesian'){{citation needed|date=January 2014}}

* [[Turkish language|Turkish]]: [[Cued Speech]] (Turkish)

|-

* [[Urdu]]: ''see Hindi-Urdu''.

| colspan="2" | [[Italian language|Italian]] || ''[[italiano segnato]]'' 'Signed Italian' and ''[[italiano segnato esatto]]'' 'Signed Exact Italian'

* [[Warlpiri language|Warlpiri]] (Australia): [[Warlpiri Sign Language]]

|-

| colspan="2" | [[Japanese language|Japanese]] || [[Signed Japanese]], {{Lang|ja|日本語対応手話}} (also known as Manually Coded Japanese, Simultaneous Methodic Signs)

|-

| colspan="2" | [[Malay language|Malay]] || [[Bahasa Malaysia Kod Tangan]] (BMKT) (Manually Coded Malay)

|-

| colspan="2" | [[Nepali language|Nepali]] || [[Signed Nepali]], also known as Sign-Supported Nepali

|-

| colspan="2" | [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] || [[Signed Norwegian]]<ref>{{e17|nsl|Norwegian Sign Language}}</ref>

|-

| colspan="2" | [[Polish language|Polish]] || [[System Językowo-Migowy]] (SJM) (Signed Polish); [[Signing Exact Polish]]{{citation needed|date=January 2014}}

|-

| colspan="2" | [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || [[Signed Portuguese]]{{citation needed|date=January 2014}}

|-

| colspan="2" | [[Russian language|Russian]] || [[Signed Russian]]{{citation needed|date=January 2014}}

|-

| colspan="2" | [[Spanish language|Spanish]] || [[Signed Spanish]] (Mexico, Spain, and presumably elsewhere; also Signed Catalan)

|-

| colspan="2" | [[Swedish language|Swedish]] || [[Tecknad svenska]], ('Signed Swedish'), developed in the 1970s but now largely out of use

|-

| colspan="2" | [[toki pona|Toki Pona]] || ''toki pona luka'', ('toki pona by hand'), published in ''[[Toki Pona: The Language of Good]]''

|-

| colspan="2" | [[Urdu]] || [[Signed Urdu]] (Pakistan)<ref>"Indo-Pakistani Sign Language", ''Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics''</ref>

|-

| colspan="2" | [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]] || [[Signed Xhosa]] (and similarly other official languages of South Africa)

|}

==See also==

* [[Contact sign]] — Aa [[mixedvariety language]]or style of signing arising from contact between a spoken or manually coded language and a deaf sign language.

* [[Manual alphabetFingerspelling]] — a means of representing the written alphabet of aan spokenoral language, but often a central part of natural sign languages.

* [[Makaton]]

*[[Manually Coded English]]

==References==

{{Reflist}}

*[[ISO 639-2]] codes for "signed spoken languages" (eg. Ethnologue [http://www.evertype.com/standards/iso639/sgn.html Table C])

{{Refbegin}}

*[http://www.cuedspeech.org/sub/cued/language.asp Cued Speech languages] - list of languages and dialects that have Cued Speech systems

* [[ISO 639-2]] codes for "signed oral languages" (e.g. Ethnologue [http://www.evertype.com/standards/iso639/sgn.html Table C])

*[http://library.gallaudet.edu/dr/faq-world-sl-name.html Sign Languages and Codes of the World] - Gallaudet University library online

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120211124413/http://www.cuedspeech.org/sub/cued/language.asp Cued Languages] – list of languages and dialects to which Cued Speech has been adapted.

*[http://rehabcouncil.nic.in/programmes/short_term.htm?PHPSESSID=f0217d54e375f0e7fabb50e191dc6977 Rehab Council of India]

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051219042249/http://library.gallaudet.edu/dr/faq-world-sl-name.html Sign Languages and Codes of the World by Region] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20051219042249/http://library.gallaudet.edu/dr/faq-world-sl-name.html by Name] – Gallaudet University library online

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041128111548/http://www.rehabcouncil.nic.in/programmes/short_term.htm Rehab Council of India]

* Kluwin, T. (1981). The grammaticality of manual representation of English in classroom settings. American Annals of the Deaf, 126, 417–421.

* Marmor, G. & Pettito, L. (1979). Simultaneous communication in the classroom: How well is English grammar represented? Sign Language Studies, 23, 99–136.

* Woodward, J. & Allen, T. (1988). Classroom use of artificial sign systems by teachers. Sign Language Studies, 61, 405–418.

{{Refend}}

==External links==

* [http://www.dailycues.com/ Cued Speech: General Information, Resources, Events, and Classes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811215347/https://dailycues.com/ |date=2020-08-11 }}

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