
Conlangery #129: Non-Vocal Languages
Conlangery Podcast
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The Difference Between Dominant and Non-Dominant Hands in ASL
In ASL, you have rules about using dominant hand and non-dominant hand. Maybe not every sign language would have to have that or they might designate a very particular hand. So when you're doing a two hand sign, you have certain grammatically acceptable styles of signs. One where your two hands are symmetric. And then it's my understanding that in those situations, the non-Dominant hand only has a certain number of kind of, what do they call them?
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