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Conlangery #129: Non-Vocal Languages

Conlangery Podcast

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How to Sign With Two Hands

There are lots of hand shapes. You can do a V where my palm is out toward the person I'm signing to or a two where the palm is toward me. The V hand shape, if you're reversing orientation, it means two. A minimal pair for that would be if you put a five on your forehead, then that's dad. But if you, your ring finger and your pinky come down, then that’s a three hand shape. That on your forehead in the same place and same orientation is rooster. It's touching your thumb to the forehead. What do you thumb to? Right.

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