Current distribution of Human Language Families Most languages are known to belong to language families. ... Russian Sign Language is the sign language of the deaf community in Russia. ... ISO 639-1 is the first part of the ISO 639 international-standard language-code family. ... ISO 639-2:1998 Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 2: Alpha-3 code Twenty-two of the languages have two three-letter codes: a code for bibliographic use (ISO 639-2/B) a code for terminological use (ISO 639-2/T). ... ISO 639-3 is in process of development as an international standard for language codes. ...
Estonian Sign Language (Eesti viipekeel) differs from other sign languages primarily in signs, as opposed to the grammatical structure (e.g. the sign for 'pain' in American and Estonian sign language). However, many signs in various sign languages also resemble to each other due to their iconicity. This kind of similarity (about 40 per cent of all signs) makes the message to a large extent understandable to deaf people of different nationalities and facilitates the communication between them. A sign language (also signed language) is a language which uses manual communication instead of sound to convey meaning - simultaneously combining handshapes, orientation and movement of the hands, arms or body, and facial expressions to express fluidly a speakers thoughts. ... Sign language is not universal. ... The legal recognition of sign languages is one of the major concerns of the international Deaf community. ... A sign language (also signed language) is a language which uses manual communication instead of sound to convey meaning - simultaneously combining handshapes, orientation and movement of the hands, arms or body, and facial expressions to express fluidly a speakers thoughts. ...
At the same time, ESL (as many other sign languages) is heavily influenced by the local spoken language. For instance, some signs are expressed by images formed with fingers, which represent the equivalent to the first letter of the Estonian word (e.g. the sign for restoran 'restaurant'), or a method used in oral articulation instruction (e.g. the sign for mahl 'juice' - refers to the strong current of air that is aspirated during the pronunciation of Estonian 'h').
In its formative stages, Estonian Sign Language has mostly been influenced by the Russian and Finnish sign languages (e.g. an Estonian sign for 'butterfly' has developed from the Finnish sign for 'bird').
The most original amongst the 'dialects' of Estonian Sign Language is thought to be the Pärnu variety.
This is used by about 2000 deaf people for whom it is the first language, or the primary means of communication.
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