Filipino Sign Language

Overview

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Filipino Sign Language (FSL) or Philippine Sign Language, is a form of manual and visual communication used by the deaf an ... Read full overview

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Filipino Sign Language (FSL) or Philippine Sign Language, is a form of manual and visual communication used by the deaf and those who are unable to speak in the Philippines. This is a vocabulary of signs and symbols communicated through the use of the hands of a person trained in this skill, particularly those who cannot hear and the mute, but also includes those who served as interpreters for this form of communication.FSL has a very strong influence from American Sign Language (ASL). Some Deaf even go as far as saying that only ASL is true sign language and FSL is just some kind of home gestures. Also there is a strong influence of Signing Exact English (SEE) which is used in most of the schools for the Deaf in this country.