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6. Sign Languages of the World

Author : Prashan Premaratne

Published in: Human Computer Interaction Using Hand Gestures

Publisher: Springer Singapore

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Abstract

Sign languages have been there since the start of the humanity and would have been the first means of communication among the primitive humans. Before people communicated with a vocabulary and using sounds, it is fair to assume that they communicated with various gestures using hand, face, mouth and body movements. However, today, the sign language is predominantly associated with disabilities from congenital to accidents. Most of the users are either hearing impaired or mute. There is also a subgroup of whom are children of such hearing impaired people whose senses are not affected but do use sign language because of the community needs in which they live.

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Metadata
Title
Sign Languages of the World
Author
Prashan Premaratne
Copyright Year
2014
Publisher
Springer Singapore
Book
Human Computer Interaction Using Hand Gestures

Print ISBN: 978-981-4585-68-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-4585-69-9

Copyright Year: 2014

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4585-69-9_6

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