The revised and enlarged book of signs
agreed and adopted by the Unification of Signs Commission of the World
Federation of the Deaf.
Translated to Arabic by Mr. Bader
Al-Dookhi
In this book you will find that a
fairly comprehensive number of ideas and sign-words have been grouped with the
aim of enabling deaf people of varying nationalities to enlarge their
knowledge of agreed international signs and thus to converse more easily with
each other. The signs are identified by English, French and Arabic words.
It contains the following groups:
People and Relationships, Environment,
Celestial objects, The world, The continents, Topography, Weather, Natural
disasters, Flora and fauna, Nations, Position and Direction, Personality and
Emotions, Eating and Drinking, Life and Health, Intellect, Descriptive Signs,
Opposites, Colours, Communication, Conjunctions etc, Interrogatives, General,
Written, Postal, Methods for the Deaf, Sound and Vision, Number, Time and
Seasons, Politics, Government, Business and Finance, Justice Law and Order,
Travel and Transport, Military, Religion, Sport, General Signs, Explanation of
Numerals, Cardinal Numbers, Ordinal Numbers, International manual
alphabet.
total 1470 sign.
Here are some signs scanned from the book:
To order a copy contact:
Bader A. Al-Dookhi
P.O.Box 761
Sabah Al-Salem "B"
Postal Code
4400
State of Kuwait
Fax: (965) 539-8550
Copy Right
1975 The
British Deaf Association
ISBN 0 9504187 0 6
