Re: Signed Conlangs

--- Chris Peters <beta_leonis@...> wrote:

> An idea that I've had for a while is to create a
> con-SL with its own writing
> system.  To my knowledge, there is no such animal in
> human sign languages
> (though ASL is the only one I'm familiar with -- the
> only written "version"
> of that language is English, which is linguistically
> unrelated).
>
> I remember seing somebody's conlang years ago -- I
> don't recall who the
> creator was (they may even be on this list!) --
> which was a sign language
> for a race of tentacled aliens who lacked a sense of
> hearing.  A written
> version of that language existed, which corresponded
> to the shape of these
> creatures' four mouth tentacles that they used to
> make the signs.
>
> :Chris

That would have been Rikchik by Nick . . . Oh, drat, I
can't recall his last name.

But Nicaraguan Sing has a written form.

Adam

11 Ed ingredjandu ad il bedi, videruns al credura simu al Maja, il seu marri; ad
caderuns ed adoruns sivi, ed abriruns uls sustrus tesorus ed eviruns al jura,
ul crisu djul Livanunu, ed murra.

Machu 2:11

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