For the general public, sign language is not universal; However, sign language can also be used in communities with deaf people (including non-deaf people). Sign language is not universal-countries will develop a set of sign language with different grammar and vocabulary according to their own languages. With the development of various sign languages, there are hundreds of sign languages in the world, which are widely used in deaf-mute society.
The formation of sign language vocabulary is mainly influenced by local culture, customs and living habits.
Due to the differences in national culture and living habits, sign language varies from place to place.
Sign language in Hongkong, Chinese mainland and Taiwan Province Province is slightly different.
Although sign language is difficult to unify into an international language, internationalization is still
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Young leaders of Qicong seek international sign language.
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Just like in the general auditory world, there are different languages such as Chinese, English and Japanese. Moreover, there are actually many kinds of sign language. With the different degree of hearing impairment, different gesture systems have been developed. In order to promote "international sign language" as the same language in the world of hearing impairment, Rotary International has been quietly promoting it for more than five years, expecting that one day all hearing impaired people can "embrace the world with both hands".
If sign language cannot be internationalized, it will be difficult to hold an international conference for the deaf. Yesterday, the representative of the organizer gave a speech at the World Kai Cong Youth Leadership Camp jointly organized by Rotary International Region 3520 and Taipei YMCA. There are 12 countries, 120 18 ~ 32-year-old hearing-impaired young people sitting silently under the stage, but the stage is very lively.
In order to make all the participants understand what the organizer's representative said in his speech, three sign language interpreters stood on the stage, and there were simultaneous Chinese-English translation screens on both sides of the stage.
The first one is a sign language interpreter from Malaysia. Because he is hard of hearing and a foreigner, he must first translate spoken Chinese into "Taiwanese sign language" by a Taiwanese sign language interpreter, and then Malaysian will translate Taiwanese sign language into "international sign language" to help deaf-mute young people who can understand international sign language.
Another sign language interpreter watched the international sign language translated and played in Malaysia, and then translated it into "European sign language" to help the hearing-impaired people from Europe.
Lai, executive director of the World Qicong Youth Leadership Camp, pointed out that there are four kinds of sign language systems commonly used in the world, namely Europe, America, Japan and the mainland, among which Taiwan Province Province and South Korea are both Japanese systems, while Hong Kong, Macao and Chinese mainland are mainland systems. Among these four systems, people who are completely deaf or severely hearing-impaired have developed "natural sign language", while those who are not seriously hearing are used to using "written sign language", which is close to the grammar used by ordinary people. Some hearing-impaired people have been asked by their parents to "read lips" since childhood.
Because the sign language system is so complicated, Yala said that Rotary International has been trying to promote international sign language for the past five years, which is the best of all systems. About 50% of them are similar to American sign language. I hope that one day, just as everyone uses English in international occasions, people with hearing impairment can also have the same international language.