Orientation (sign language)
A sign language interpreter at a presentation. The hands are facing each other in orientation: one is palm-up, the other palm-down.
In sign languages, orientation (ORI) is the distinctive relative degree of rotation of the hand when signing. Orientation is one of five components of a sign, along with handshape (DEZ), location (TAB), movement (SIG), and facial-body expression.
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| Oceania | |
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| Asia |
- Chinese
- Philippine
- Indonesia: Indonesian, Kata Kolok (Benkala, Balinese)
- India: Alipur, Indo-Pakistani, Naga
- Israel: Al-Sayyid Bedouin, Ghardaia, Israeli, Kafr Qasem
- Japan: Amami Oshima, Japanese
- Korean
- Malaysia: Malaysian, Penang, Selangor
- Mongolian
- Nepal: Ghandruk, Jhankot, Jumla, Nepalese
- Persian
- Saudi Arabia: Saudi
- Singapore
- Sri Lankan
- Taiwanese
- Thailand: Ban Khor, Thai
- Vietnamese
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| Africa | |
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| Europe | |
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| North America |
- Plains Sign Talk
- Canada: American, Maritime, Quebec, Inuit, Plateau
- Mexico: Chatino, Mayan, Mexican
- United States: American (Black American), Keresan, Martha's Vineyard, Plateau, Sandy River Valley, Henniker
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| International | |
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| | Language families[a] | |
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| | American Sign Language | |
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| | Extinct sign languages | |
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| | Linguistics | |
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| | Fingerspelling | |
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| | Writing | |
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| | Language contact | |
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| | Media |
- Films (list)
- Television programmes (list)
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| | Persons | |
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| | Miscellaneous | |
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| ^a Sign-language names reflect the region of origin. Natural sign languages are not related to the spoken language used in the same region. For example, French Sign Language originated in France, but is not related to French. |
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