British Sign LanguageinSignWriting

bfi·SgnwNotation / OtherSingle-source attestation (AUX)

GlotScript records this relationship through single-source attestation. Present-day usage, official status, region and dates are unknown here unless separately sourced. How to interpret the evidence.

Language

British Sign Language

ISO 639-3bfiStatusLivingScopeIndividualScripts used2

Also written in:

Code for unwritten documents (Zxxx)

Script

SignWriting

ISO 15924SgnwFamilySign Language NotationOriginNorth America (USA)DirectionLeft-to-rightStatusLiving scriptOpenType tagsgnw

SignWriting, a system for writing sign languages developed by Valerie Sutton in 1974. Used to transcribe American Sign Language, Brazilian Sign Language, and others.

Other languages using SignWriting

American Sign Languagease

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