RttS: ASL Handshape Classifiers (Patreon)
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Some exploration of how I'm going to need to adapt ASL handshapes for Talita's four fingered symmetrical hands... this was fun but really I need to just straight up go through the alphabet and numbers, since the vast majority of handshapes are referenced from those two systems. Also included, some tentative words for the aliens, which I need to do more research for. My vocabulary isn't that big so I don't know for sure if they conflict with existing words.
I'm considering referring to this sign language as JSL/Jovian Sign Language in RttS, since, Gillie is from a giant space station near Jupiter, not America. But... we still call what I'm typing right now English, even if it's technically American English. So should the spoken language should probably be called Jovian English, but should the sign language be called JSL or ASL? It is future derivative of ASL and sign languages tend to be named after their regional community, but I don't want readers to think I made it up for the story or anything.