SignWriting For Sign Languages

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Sign Languages are written languages!

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2 February 2026

Sutton
SignWriting/
Core code
base port
for PHP

Steve Slevinski completed another port of the Sutton-SignWriting/Core code base. This time for PHP.

# Sutton SignWriting Core in PHP

Install with composer:
require sutton-signwriting/core

Repo

Docs

1 January 2026

YEAR-END REPORT 2025!

2025 was
a Stunning
Year with
Major
SignWriting
Achievements
Around The World

...other recent postings...

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	Honduras	Nicaragua	Software	Spain	Thailand

Why SignWriting?
written in ASL by Adam Frost

About SignWriting

Introduction to SignWriting
by
Adam Frost and Garrett Bose

Who Uses SignWriting?

The SignWriting
Symposium 2024!

was celebrated online

JULY 15-18, 2024
View LIVE presentations broadcast
on YouTube, Facebook & Even3 from
Brazil, Canada, Israel, Korea, Nicaragua,
Thailand & USA, in 4 days & 4 categories:


2024 26 Presentations 30 Authors From 6 Countries
DAY 1: EDUCATION: Live Stream on YouTube

DAY 2: LITERATURE: Live Stream on YouTube

DAY 3: RESEARCH: Live Stream on YouTube

DAY 4: SOFTWARE: Live Stream on YouTube

Visit the SignWriting Symposium Presentations Archive 2005-2024

Brazilian Sign Language (LIBRAS)

Presented online 2023-2025

CURSO ESCRITA DE SINAIS
(SIGNWRITING)

Teacher: Carlos Cristian de Paulo Silva
Youtube - Sinais Diarios de Libras

Presented on Facebook January 6, 2024

Agradecimentos de Val
Traduzido e Legendado

Presented online November 9, 2023

"Telasco e sua turma em:
A lenda da Manguda"

Presented online November 9, 2023
About the Presentation Above
by Professor Rubens Almeida

Read Program Plan
Come and participate with us in the launch of the bilingual children's book (Libras-SignWriting and Portuguese) entitled: "Telasco and his class in: "The legend of Manguda."

The event will take place in the auditorium of the Core of Technologies for Education (UEMAnet) of the Maranhão State University (UEMA), at 15:00 on November 09 (Thursday). The solemnity will also feature a live stream on YouTube platform, via the official UEMA channel.

The book reveals the mysteries surrounding the legend of Manguda in a fun way to be told by the Telasco gang made up of deaf characters, who are and were part of the local history, and were made into illustrations marked in Libra.

Professor Rubens Almeida

posted September 11. 2022

New book from Brazil:
Cartilha de Libras em Medicina e Saúde

ISBN: 978-65-00-13492-6

Authors:
Fernando Capovilla & Walkiria Raphael

Sep 11. 2022

A message from Fernando Capovilla:

Dear Valerie: This book is for free. It's purpose is to help physicians and nurses and speech language pathologists to provide better health services to deaf people. SignWriting is part of this labor of love. It will always be. You'll always be in our hearts. Many blessings, dear friend.
Fernando Capovilla

Thank you so much, Fernando! Val ;-)

Video: Boa Noite, Zoológico,
em Libras Escrito em SignWriting.

E-book: Boa Noite, Zoologico,
LIBRAS em SignWriting

Pai Nosso Transcrito em Libras (SignWriting)

Sinalizado por: Carlos Cristian de Paulo Silva ( Youtube - Sinais Diarios de Libras ) Transcrito por: Miguel de Castro Silva ( Youtube - Signwriting Legenda ) Revisão da escrita: Rubens Ramos de Alemeida ( Youtube - Escreva em Libras - Prof. Rubens )

posted January 10, 2022

E-Book em Libras in PDF
in Brazilian Sign Language A lenda e as histórias de Ana Jansen
(Ana Jansen's legend and stories
in Libras-SignWriting)

by
Rubens Ramos de Almeida

YouTube Book Trailer

Book in Digital Format

posted March 9, 2021

Above: Valerie Sutton thanks authors of the book in Libras:
“Ana Jansen's Legends and Stories”.
posted October 8, 2021

Vamos ficar em casaLet's Stay At Home
by
Daniela Gomes Gumiero
and
Josenilson da Silva Mendes

posted January 30, 2021

A Onda Coreana
Me Pegou No
Isolamento
The Korean Wave
Caught Me In
Isolation
by
Daniela Gomes Gumiero
and
Josenilson da Silva Mendes

posted January 30, 2021

Como
escrever
em Libras
How to write in
Brazilian Sign
Language (LIBRAS)
by
Ricardo Barros

posted July 6, 2020

Oficina de Traducao No SignPuddle Online

Watch workshop
on YouTube, taught by

Josenilson Mendes

Download
OFICINA DE
TRADUÇAO
NO
SIGNPUDDLE
ONLINE

by
Josenilson Mendes

posted July 6, 2020

LIVROS DA BIBLIA
Books of the Bible
written in
Brazilian Sign Language (LIBRAS)

SINALARIO EM
ESCRITA DE SINAIS

SIGN VOCABULARY FROM THE BIBLE
Written in SignWriting
by
Professor Eugenio Lima

INVENTARIO DAS CONFIGURAÇOES DE MAO
PARA A ESCRITA DA LIBRAS
by Joao Paulo Ampessan
Mauricio Barreto Silva
Maik Waldemar A. Oliveira
& Rubens Ramos de Almeida

WEB SITE
Public Consultation Platform

YOUTUBE VIDEO
Watch in Libras, Portuguese and English

LIBRAS Poetry
"SER" by Kácio De Lima

LIBRAS
History Literature

ONZE HISTORIAS E UM SEGREDO DESVENDANDO
AS LENDAS AMAZONICAS

Eleven Stories and
a Secret Understanding:
The Amazon Legends

Teacher
Carlos
Cristian
Report on
Using
SignWriting
May 24, 2020

Brazilian TV Program about three
SignWriting Courses in Paraná, Brazil, July 2018

Visit
SignWriting in Brazil

Honduran Sign Language (LESHO)

LESHO
Honduran
Sign Language
Dictionary
in
SignWriting

by
Jonathan Duncan

posted July 6, 2020

Visit
SignWriting in Honduras

Japanese Sign Language (JSN)

Shinichiro Nakayama's
Classroom Learns to Write
Japanese Sign Language
See Facebook Video

Visit
SignWriting in Japan

Nicaraguan Sign Language (ISN)

A Tribute to
James Shepard-Kegl
Writer of books, dictionaries and literature in
Nicaraguan Sign Language (ISN)
Co-Founder and Director of the
Nicaraguan Sign Language Projects (NSLP)

Above
James presents at the 2015 SignWriting Symposium

Below
...some examples of written Nicaraguan Sign Language...

Download COMPLETE
Nicaraguan Sign Language Manual
by
James Shepard-Kegl
3rd Edition 2018, 493 pages

		DOWNLOAD MANUAL IN SECTIONS

Part 1		MANUAL IN SPANISH

Part 2		MANUAL IN ENGLISH

Part 3		GLOSSARY VOCABULARY LIST

Harriet Tubman in Nicaraguan Sign Language

The story of
Harriet Tubman
written in
Nicaraguan
Sign Language

Video below:
La Rana Quiere Volar
in Nicaraguan Sign Language"

Video below:
Anansi y sus hijos
in Nicaraguan Sign Language"

Video below:
Nicaraguan Sign Language Manual
with Val and Adam ;-)

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SignWriting in Nicaragua

American Sign Language (ASL)

ASL Dict

ASL Poetry

ASL
Bible

New Software
For All Sign Languages

NEW ASL DICTIONARY

USA

by Adam Frost

WHAT'S
THAT
SIGN? ASL
Dictionary
in
SignWriting

ASL POETRY

ASL Poet Francisca Benítez

SIGNWRITING SOFTWARE by Steve Slevinski

ASL BIBLE
Download The New Testament in ASL

The New Testament
in Written American Sign Language
translated from the New Living Translation (NLT)
by Nancy Fray Romero

The entire New Testament in Written ASL
is published in 8 books.

...download all 8 books below...

Matthew
written in American Sign Language

Mark
written in American Sign Language

Luke
written in American Sign Language

John
written in American Sign Language

Acts
written in American Sign Language

Romans &
1, 2 Corinthians
written in American Sign Language

Galatians - Philemon
written in American Sign Language

Hebrews - Revelation
written in American Sign Language

Download Book of Jonah in Written ASL

The Book of Jonah
written in American Sign Language

Translated from the
New Living Translation
and written in
American Sign Language
by Nancy Fray Romero

Download PDF
Visit ASLGospel.org

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SW WORKSHOP
**Near The Beach 2013**

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**Saudi Arabia 2013**

3
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4
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5
ASL GOSPEL.ORG
**Read ASL Bible**

6
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**Gospel John in ASL**

7
ESCRITA DE SINAIS
**sem Mistérios**

8
NEW BOOK!
**Research in Brasil**

9
CLASSROOMS
**SW Students Brasil**

10
Gospel Mark in ASL
**in SignWriting**

11
Facebook
**SignWriting Page**

12
Thorne Library
**SignWriting Display**

13
NEW Dictionary!!
**Barcelona, Spain**

14
SignPuddle
**Presentation Tampa**

15
MA Thesis Malta
**Maria Galea**

16
Article in Journal
**Erika Hoffmann**

17
Arabic Translation
**Lessons In SignWriting**

18
Machine Translation
**Arabic Text to Sign**

19
SignWriting Hand
**Symbols Manual**

20
Stuart Thiessen
Masters Thesis 2011

21
**DELEGS.DE**
**SignWriting Software**

22
Gallaudet Workshop
**Sign Language Corpus**

23
WORLD SCRIPT
**ISO 15924 Sgnw 095**

24
Novo Deit-Libras
**Brazilian Dictionary**

SignWriting Information

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**What is SignWriting?**
**Read on Web**

2
Why SignWriting?
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3
About SignWriting
**More Information**

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**Books, Games, Videos**

2
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**View on the Web**

3
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1
SignWriting
**Literature Project**

2
SignWriting
**Encyclopedia Project**

3
SignWriting
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1
SignWriting History
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2
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**SignWriting History**

3
Year-End Reports
**SignWriting History**

SignWriting in Deaf Education

1
SignWriting Literacy
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2
How to Apply
**For Free Materials**

3
Deaf Children
**Write Sign Language**

SignWriting in the Deaf Community

1
Deaf Action Committee
**For SignWriting (DAC)**

2
Deaf Perspectives
**on SignWriting**

3
Deaf Blog in ASL
**Written in SignWriting**

SignWriting in Linguistic Research

1
Maria Galea
Dissertation 2014
University of Malta

2
Stuart Thiessen
Masters Thesis 2011
**Univ of North Dakota**

3
Rachel Channon
SignTyp Database
TISLR, 2010

SignWriting in Education Research

1
Dr. Cecilia Flood Dissertation 2002 Univ of New Mexico

2
Dr. M Abushaira Dissertation 2007 30 Pages in English

3
Janice Vasquez Masters Thesis 1997 CSU Dominguez Hills

SignWriting Software

1
**SignWriting**
**Software Forum**

2
**SignWriting**
**Software For You!**

3
**SignBank Site**
**SignWriting Software**

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3

About This Site

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SignWriting.org • SignBank.org • SignPuddle.org

Sutton Movement Writing & Shorthand is a way to read & write all body movement. It is a script with 5 parts: DanceWriting, SignWriting, MimeWriting, SportsWriting & MovementWriting. DanceWriting was invented by Valerie Sutton in 1972 followed by SignWriting in Denmark in 1974. The SignWriter Newspaper written in American Sign Language (ASL) was published 1981-1984. The SignWriter Computer Program, a sign language processor for typing SignWriting, began in 1986 by Richard Gleaves. The Deaf Action Committee for SignWriting (DAC), a team of Deaf ASL signers, was founded by Lucinda O'Grady in 1988. The DAC influenced the development of SignWriting, now used to write over 40 sign languages around the world. In 2004, software developer Stephen E Slevinski Jr began a collaboration with Valerie Sutton to develop web-based software and font encoding for the SignWriting Script. The collaboration continues in 2020. Slevinski developed SignPuddle software and the SignWriting TrueType Fonts, establishing the Sutton SignWriting Software Standard.

SignWriting Web Site
...read, write, and type all Sign Languages...Sign Languages are
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First Posting: September, 1996

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and write with it freely.
We hope you enjoy
using the SignWriting Script!

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and other publications
using Sutton SignWriting,
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are free to use under the
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The International SignWriting
Alphabet (ISWA) by Valerie Sutton

JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL
SIGNWRITING COMMUNITY on WHATSAPP!

International SignWriting Community
WhatsApp Group Invite

JULY 15-18, 2024
View LIVE presentations broadcast
on YouTube, Facebook & Even3 from
Brazil, Canada, Israel, Korea, Nicaragua,
Thailand & USA, in 4 days & 4 categories:

DAY 1: EDUCATION: Live Stream on YouTube

DAY 2: LITERATURE: Live Stream on YouTube

Visit the
SignWriting Symposium
Presentations Archive
2005-2024

Agradecimentos de Val
Traduzido e Legendado

"Telasco e sua turma em:
A lenda da Manguda"

Read Program Plan
Come and participate with us in the launch of the bilingual children's book (Libras-SignWriting and Portuguese) entitled: "Telasco and his class in: "The legend of Manguda."

Pai Nosso Transcrito em Libras (SignWriting)

E-Book em Libras in PDF
in Brazilian Sign Language A lenda e as histórias de Ana Jansen
(Ana Jansen's legend and stories
in Libras-SignWriting)

by
Rubens Ramos de Almeida

Vamos ficar em casaLet's Stay At Home
by
Daniela Gomes Gumiero
and
Josenilson da Silva Mendes

A Onda Coreana
Me Pegou No
Isolamento
The Korean Wave
Caught Me In
Isolation
by
Daniela Gomes Gumiero
and
Josenilson da Silva Mendes

Como
escrever
em Libras
How to write in
Brazilian Sign
Language (LIBRAS)
by
Ricardo Barros

by
Josenilson Mendes

Teacher
Carlos
Cristian
Report on
Using
SignWriting
May 24, 2020

LESHO
Honduran
Sign Language
Dictionary
in
SignWriting

by
Jonathan Duncan

Shinichiro Nakayama's
Classroom Learns to Write
Japanese Sign Language
See Facebook Video

Shinichiro Nakayama's
Classroom Learns to Write
Japanese Sign Language
See Facebook Video

The story of
Harriet Tubman
written in
Nicaraguan
Sign Language

JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL SIGNWRITING COMMUNITY on WHATSAPP!

International SignWriting Community WhatsApp Group Invite

JULY 15-18, 2024 View LIVE presentations broadcast on YouTube, Facebook & Even3 from Brazil, Canada, Israel, Korea, Nicaragua, Thailand & USA, in 4 days & 4 categories:

DAY 1: EDUCATION: Live Stream on YouTube

DAY 2: LITERATURE: Live Stream on YouTube

Visit the SignWriting Symposium Presentations Archive 2005-2024

Agradecimentos de Val Traduzido e Legendado

"Telasco e sua turma em: A lenda da Manguda"

Read Program Plan Come and participate with us in the launch of the bilingual children's book (Libras-SignWriting and Portuguese) entitled: "Telasco and his class in: "The legend of Manguda."

Pai Nosso Transcrito em Libras (SignWriting)

E-Book em Libras in PDF in Brazilian Sign LanguageA lenda e as histórias de Ana Jansen (Ana Jansen's legend and stories in Libras-SignWriting)

by Rubens Ramos de Almeida

Vamos ficar em casaLet's Stay At Home by Daniela Gomes Gumiero and Josenilson da Silva Mendes

A Onda Coreana Me Pegou No Isolamento The Korean Wave Caught Me In Isolation by Daniela Gomes Gumiero and Josenilson da Silva Mendes

Como escrever em Libras How to write in Brazilian Sign Language (LIBRAS) by Ricardo Barros

by Josenilson Mendes

Teacher Carlos Cristian Report on Using SignWriting May 24, 2020

LESHO Honduran Sign Language Dictionary in SignWriting

by Jonathan Duncan

Shinichiro Nakayama's Classroom Learns to Write Japanese Sign Language See Facebook Video

Shinichiro Nakayama's Classroom Learns to Write Japanese Sign Language See Facebook Video

The story of Harriet Tubman written in Nicaraguan Sign Language

JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL
SIGNWRITING COMMUNITY on WHATSAPP!

International SignWriting Community
WhatsApp Group Invite

JULY 15-18, 2024
View LIVE presentations broadcast
on YouTube, Facebook & Even3 from
Brazil, Canada, Israel, Korea, Nicaragua,
Thailand & USA, in 4 days & 4 categories:

Visit the
SignWriting Symposium
Presentations Archive
2005-2024

Agradecimentos de Val
Traduzido e Legendado

"Telasco e sua turma em:
A lenda da Manguda"

Read Program Plan
Come and participate with us in the launch of the bilingual children's book (Libras-SignWriting and Portuguese) entitled: "Telasco and his class in: "The legend of Manguda."

E-Book em Libras in PDF
in Brazilian Sign Language A lenda e as histórias de Ana Jansen
(Ana Jansen's legend and stories
in Libras-SignWriting)

by
Rubens Ramos de Almeida

Vamos ficar em casaLet's Stay At Home
by
Daniela Gomes Gumiero
and
Josenilson da Silva Mendes

A Onda Coreana
Me Pegou No
Isolamento
The Korean Wave
Caught Me In
Isolation
by
Daniela Gomes Gumiero
and
Josenilson da Silva Mendes

Como
escrever
em Libras
How to write in
Brazilian Sign
Language (LIBRAS)
by
Ricardo Barros

by
Josenilson Mendes

Teacher
Carlos
Cristian
Report on
Using
SignWriting
May 24, 2020

LESHO
Honduran
Sign Language
Dictionary
in
SignWriting

by
Jonathan Duncan

Shinichiro Nakayama's
Classroom Learns to Write
Japanese Sign Language
See Facebook Video

Shinichiro Nakayama's
Classroom Learns to Write
Japanese Sign Language
See Facebook Video

The story of
Harriet Tubman
written in
Nicaraguan
Sign Language