KNOW SIGN LANGUAGES

 

SEPTEMBER 23 IS OBSERVED AS DAY OF SIGN LANGUAGES.

THERE ARE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DEAF PEOPLE AROUND THE GLOBE.  THESE PEOPLE USE OVER 300 DIFFERENT SIGN LANGUAGES.  THEY ARE OF COURSE CAPABLE, TALENTED AND GREAT PROBLEM-SOLVERS. THERE IS ALSO AN INTERNATIONAL SIGN LANGUAGE WHERE THE DEAF PEOPLE USE WHEN THEY ARE TRAVELLING, SOCIALIZING OR WHEN THEY ATTEND INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS.  THEY SHOULD BE GIVEN CREDIT AND IMPORTANCE.  

MANY PEOPLE DO NOT REALIZE THAT SIGN LANGUAGES AR NATURAL FULLY-FLEDGED LANGUAGES.  IF WE HAD NO VOICE NOR TONGUE AND WE WANTED TO EXPRESS THINGS TO ONE ANOTHER , WOULDN'T WE MAKE SIGNS BY MOVING OUR HANDS, HEAD AND THE REST OF OUR BODY JUST LIKE DUMB PEOPLE.  EVERY LANGUAGE IS A WORLD.  IT SHAPES THE WAY WE THINK AND DETERMINES WHAT WE CAN THINK ABOUT.

THE CORRELATION BETWEEN SPOKEN LANGUAGES AND SIGN LANGUAGES IS COMPLICATED AND DIFFERS DEPENDING ON THE COUNTRY MORE THAN THE LANGUAGE SPOKEN.  AT INTERNATIONAL EVENTS  SUCH AS THE MEETINGS OF THE WORLD FEDERATION OF THE DEAF,  INTERNATIONAL SIGN IS USED WHICH IS KNOWN AS GESTUNO. THE FIRST SCHOOL FOR DEAF CHILDREN WAS FOUNDED IN PARIS IN 1755 BY ABBE DE I'EPEE.

THE BEST WAY TO OBSERVE THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SIGN LANGUAGES IS TO KNOW ABOUT THE SIGN LANGUAGES, LEARN, ENRICH YOUR KNOWLEDGE , EDUCATE AND SPREAD AWARENESS AMONG PEOPLE .  A LOT OF PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE AROUND THE GLOB ARE RELYING ON SIGN LANGUAGE.  ENCOURAGE AND DONATE A CHARITY FOR DEAF PEOPLE IF YOU CAN DO IT.  SIMPLY LEARNING HOW TO GREET SOMEONE IN SIGN LANGUAGE CAN MAKE A GREAT DIFFERENCE.  YOU CAN MAKE DEAF PEOPLE FEEL GREAT BY GOING OUT OF YOUR WAY RECOGNIZING THEIR LANGUAGE AND MAKING EFFORT TO GREET THEM IN A WAY THAT THEY CAN UNDERSTAND.  






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