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Sutton SignWriting is a writing system for sign languages
, or simply SignWriting, is a writing system for sign languages. It can be used to write any sign language, including American Sign Language, Brazilian Sign Language, Tunisian Sign Language, and many others.[1] SignWriting is the only international writing system for sign languages.[2] It has been used to publish young adult fiction,[3] translate the Bible,[4] caption YouTube videos,[5] and study sign language literacy.[6] The SignWriting system is visually iconic: its symbols depict the hands, face, and body of a signer.
Since SignWriting, as a featural script,[21] represents the actual physical formation of signs rather than their meaning, no phonemic or semantic analysis of a language is required to write it. It also means that the written form is largely situational and inventive; different people may write the same sign different ways, and a single person may alternate between transcriptions. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status ( link)^ Capovilla, Fernando; Duduchi Feitosa, Marcelo; Raphael, Walkiria; Luz, Renato; Rozados, Daniela; Seabra, Alessandra; Macedo, Elizeu (2021).
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