When I was younger I grew up believing that sign language was a universal language. Especially when I saw this movie called (one missed call 3). It had Korean and Japanese actors. For people that don't know what I'm talking about there is a Japanese girl who is a student that goes on as trip to South Korea and she meets up with her pen pal who is Korean and def and when they meet they speak using sign language. So because I didn't know any better I never bothered finding out that sign language was very diverse like every other language. So when I was just looking up languages and I stumbled into a part of a paragraph where it said "sign language is multilingual." When I read that it really blew my mind so I started looking up videos and ended up hear to see how different. I know it was only 3 countries, but wow this has really opened my eyes. Thank you for posting this video. You never stop learning.
+Miki Go88 (女恣) i thought it was universal as well until just now!! my mind is blown! i took a semester of ASL in high school and didn't get the hang of it but now i think ill look for a class and study it again :D
+Miki Go88 (女恣) That's great that you now know that Sign Language is multilingual. 3 years ago I found at that Braille was also multilingual. There's always something new that we can learn everyday. Thanks again for your comment.
Your comments and curiosity are appreciated. Haha, it's funny to see ASL and JSL users communicate with each other, so many similar Signs, but with completely different meanings. For instance, the "Middle Finger" means brother in JSL... So I would say that ASL and JSL are very different. Many in Japan do learn ASL and International Sign. Definitely, International signs are more used in Europe, than in Asia and fingerspelling is borrowed from ASL. ASL is popular, similarly like English.
The JSL "friend" sign reminds me of when I was living in the UK where I discovered (rather awkwardly) that the two-fingered "peace" sign ✌ common to the United States is actually _quite_ a rude gesture indeed 😂
Sarah Riedel yes so true. It’s actually maybe related to the Ancient English longbow archers showing their ✌️to the French horsemen on the battlefield. It maybe a gesture to say “we’ll kill you with our arrows!” And then in America it became the middle finger some how.
Many signs in ASL and FinSL are identical or nearly identical, too but obviously with different meanings. Some differences are silly, like ASL for "name" means "candy/sweets" in FinSL 😄
DeafJapan TV By the way, FSL and ASL are similar because Thomas Galludet learned sign language directly from France and brought it back to America and it's just been changing and developing since the 18th century. #FunFact!
Matthew, thank you for your comment. But we should embrace all different languages. It is beautiful to see so many different Sign Languages and still be able to understand each other. There would be a terrible loss of culture if every person in the world only spoke one language.
I find it so interesting to see the differences in the signs chosen, and it’s reminding me of my thoughts on BSL (British Sign Language) and how ASL is fairly easily used with one hand instead of both, whereas in BSL even the alphabet requires both hands! I’d definitely love to find out more about JSL and how the signs differ from what I know! And I am by no means an expert on any sign language! I’m just really interested in learning another language!
So cute and energetic! 😁 I'm taking ASL right now, but I also like to learn about sign languages outside of North America... This was fun to watch, thank you!
That's great that you are interested in ASL. Old French Sign Language (150 years ago) has had a big influence on ASL. So it's not so difficult to learn modern French Sign Language. Good luck with your studies and meeting with the Deaf community, in and outside of North America.
It is really beautiful to see so many intersections of cultures interacting. As a hearing person whose native language is English, I’m learning spoken Japanese currently. I am interested in ASL and started some basic lessons. The Deaf communities in every country have their own ways of doing things as well, and I’m happy there are interpreters and just multilingual people who create bridges of communication. It would be amazing if I had the opportunity to learn Japanese sign languages or French, etc. so much to to learn!
@@jini5088 I might have an idea on what it might mean. I think the mother one is like that because the mother get beat up. (Sorry I cant write English properly. I havent been to school in ages)
Thank you! I used this video for my students in language structure in a linguistic class in Peru! I was so useful and I'm so glad that I can share the linguistic reality of mane users of sign language! Thanks again!
I am a Teacher of the Deaf in the United States. It is so wonderful to see and learn from you. Thank you for posting this and enlightening us on diversity and deaf people around the world.🧚🤟🌻😊
Hi i use ASL and FSL(Filipino Sign Language) but i'm not good yet. Your videos really teaches me alot and inspires me to learn Sign Language more diligently. Continue your hard work! Domo arigatoguzaimasu!
This is so funny and cool! I just finished my first semester of American Sign Language and I'm so in love with it! Watching this was so great! Thank you for posting!
I love sign languages! I worked as an ASL interpreter for many years. I’m retired now. I love seeing the comparisons of the three languages. It’s very interesting to learn sign from different countries. Thank you for sharing with us!
I'm currently learning ASL, i took japanese in highschool and now i kinda want to learn JSL! I love learning languages this is so cool seeing other singed languages !! Ilove it!!
i’m 15, sign language looks SO COOL to learn and i would love to learn it, but my school doesn’t teach it and i don’t know anywhere near me that does 😔 maybe i’ll learn it someday but for now i’ll just marvel at how fascinating it is :)
There are ASL creators here on TH-cam that have videos showing everything from the alphabet to grammar rules, because it’s a completely different language than English is! So depending on what sign language you’re interested in, look at the videos and read the comments, it’s always good to see how the creators respond to what the people watching are thinking!
Oh wow this is such a beautiful video. I honestly can't help but cry. I do not know any form of sign language but I became curious because of an anime called Gangsta featured a deaf Japanese character so I immediately looked up the differences between Japanese and American sign language. Language is so beautiful especially when it is a foreign language but sign language is equally as beautiful. To know that you can use your hands to communicate is such an amazing thing! It has influenced me to learn for sure! What an amazing and beautiful video :)
+mijaumiaumiao Wow, thanks for your wonderful comment. That really means a lot to us that you felt so strongly from our video. We also love anime and now started focusing on translating Anime into Sign Language. We have about 10 Anime w/Signs videos now on TH-cam. Hope you can enjoy watching those videos as well. Thanks!
Seriously the best video I've seen :) I mute the sound and just reading your signs guys I had so much FUN . You're much more entertaining than most of the hearing entertainers. Good job guys ! I love your vids ! :) (I'm french ^^)
Wow! What an awesome video!! The three languages are much more different than I was led to believe. As ASL and Japanese speaker, I've always wanted to learn JSL. Looks like it will be a challenge!
Wonderful video! I love seeing the different signs in languages. I have learnt some basic ISL (Irish Sign Language) and want ot learn more, it seems a little similar to the French Sign Language which is great. I wish ISL was more widely known in Ireland. Sign language is beautiful! :)
Sorry, not all Sign Languages are mutual. Signs like "Computer, Drink, Eat, Subway, Car, Walk" and many more are common visual cues, even non-deaf people around the world can understand. People from different countries, who know Sign Language can communicate and understand each other quicker than people who don't know Sign Language. To answer your question, there are International Signs, which are used for events like the Deaflympics. Easy to learn and good for basic communication.
This is so much fun. I use BSL but I recognise some ASL/FSL. Where I live now, I will have to learn FSL, so this is good to learn too. I wish to go back to Japan in the future (I visited in 2009 but struggled because I am severely deaf and even though I know basic Japanese, it was hard... I was in Osaka for 2 weeks on my own.) and hopefully maybe will meet some deaf people next time. Domo arigatou gozaimasu
+HatHolidayxx Thanks for that information. I'll make note to definitely remember that crucial difference, since I live in a francophone country now. :) (so I should already know this, but don't...)
+HatHolidayxx I know French. it's the LSF I don't know and due to the peculiarities of where I live (3 national languages), there is no set teaching of sign language here for ANYONE. To learn, I have to go out of country, which isn't an option for me right now. *sighs* So I will have to wait...
I love all of the differences, for the sign cooking it looks like each language is doing a part of a recipe, JSL is cutting the ingredients, ASL is cooking and flipping them in a pan and LSF is stirring the pot. I also like how the French sign for love is something powerful that comes from deep inside your chest and that you give to others (but it can also look like throwing up haha)
I grew up with American Sign language in Texas. But it's kinda hard to remember the lyrics to the hymns, songs from Bear in the Big Blue House, Disney movies, Bible Songs and other songs in American Sign language.
Learning Japanese sign language, I can see there's a lot there that's cultural, that speaks about Japanese feelings about the words, or uses natural Japanese body language for the words.
Hi, i'm from Spain, i'm studing Spanish Sign Lenguage (LSE) and i love japanese culture! i looked for some videos in Japanese Sign Lenguage, and this is soooo interesting! I want to travel to Japan (someday, in the future) and i'll love if i'm able to contact japanese deaf people.
+Lucía Lehkost Yeah hope you can get a chance to visit Japan. It is such a safe and fun country. People are really friendly! Here is JSL with Japanese music: hand-sign.com/
I took two semesters of ASL in college nearly 20 yrs ago and never understood why a completely invented language had so many differences in other countries. I guess it still just the easiest answer. Distance and need. Great video. Question; if I notice a conversation going on in ASL and I watch without being noticed, not to read in on their conversation but to see if I still understand some of it, is that rude?
Thank you megglebagel. I actually started doing some research right after I made the comment. I did not realize how old the languages actually are, my own ignorance and their was no history of origin referred to when I took the classes.
Veronica Anne, great question! It would be similar to over hearing a spoken language. If two people wanted to have a private conversation in sign language, they could us subtle signs, kind of like whispering in spoken language. Obviously, you don't want to be staring.
JSL is the cutest SL in this bunch, from canada and thats the version i wanna learn though i doubt ill use it at all or if there is english school that teaches it
I love how “cooking” in 3 languages are just 3 different way of how to cook something. The Japanese is cutting (vegetables) The American is Frying. And French is stirring the soup.
Very good question. Yes it can be challenging to see what a signer is saying from an angle. That’s why many Deaf people and people who can sign, like to face each other when using Sign Language. But it is still possible to understand a signer, even if you’re not facing each other.
If that happened, we would lose the beauty of the many different sign languages around the world. Imagine, if we made 1 Spoken language universal, I think many people around the world would not want to loose their language.
Looks that JSL be more quiet in use same the asian people be different to us western people. ASL and FSL looks near but they show different languages. Thanks for show the difference of that all. I can hear, so I never must learn it. But as handicapped since born I be interesting in that a little.
Do you mean to suggest that these different sign languages are mutually intelligible? I understand your point, but there are so few deaf people that I feel that this small community should all be able to communicate with each other worldwide--i.e., using a secondary lingua franca in addition to native/local sign languages, similar to the function of English.
Hello my name is Deborah and I live in Brazil, in fact I am deaf each of pounds I still learning, I'm interested and communicate can others were in the country. Thank you 😊
So do signers of ASL and JSL communicate with each other by each using their own languages, or do they both defer to International Sign? I've read that International Sign isn't as conventionalised or complex as natural sign languages like ASL and JSL and that it has a limited lexicon. I've also read that ASL is widely learned as a second language and used as a lingua franca, though I'm not sure how true that is. Thank you for responding to all my comments, by the way. :D
This is so awesome and fascinating. But it's a shame that everyone uses different sign languages and that there isn't a universal lingua franca that everyone can understand.
Does JSL = Spoken Japanese. I mean ASL is not English. They are very different. So I'm curious if JSL incorporates all aspects of spoken Japanese such as the vocab, structure and grammar including the use of particles?
JSL has it's own syntax and structure. Signed Exact Japanese is more like spoken Japanese. (When I first came to Japan, I couldn't understand any Signed Exact Japanese signers. But when I met JSL signers, I could understand them a lot more easily.) But for over 40 years, Japanese teachers have only be teaching Signed Exact Japanese. The Japan Federation of the Deaf and is trying to encourage more teachings of JSL.
DeafJapan TV Thanks for such a quick reply! I hope they are successful in their attempt to get JSL used more in educating deaf children instead of only using Signed Exact Japanese.
Jason Hunter you can always learn a sign language alphabet. Most sign languages have their own alphabet. Except that British Sign Language (Used in UK, South Africa, India, Australia and New Zealand) has a 2 handed alphabet signing system.
@@DeafJapanTV ok, but no sign language that forms a word with only the shape you make with your hand?;) That would be cool. To be able to just make shapes with one of your hand to make sentences. That would also easily be interpreted by machine vision. You also would need less space to perform and you didn't have to use all kinds of weird facial expressions;)
Celeste Rug that's pretty cool. Some people have a easier time connecting with some languages. I hope you can check out some more French Sign Language.
Would you recommend learning your country's sign language to communicate with natives or ASL since more people speak ASL (and you can find more TH-cam videos on it)?
I would recommend learning your country's sign language, because eventually, you'll be able to go to Deaf clubs or Deaf schools and interact with people in your country who know you're country's sign language. There is also benefit to learning ASL because it is so wide spread around the world and there are more resources, but why not learn both and become Trilingual or more. Also I think once you start to pick up you're country's sign language, you'll begin to see how the Sign Language makes sense and is connected to the culture. When I learned JSL, it was really easy to see how some Japanese Signs looked like the Japanese Kanji or how it matched Japanese culture. It's a really cool way to see a country's perspective through Sign Language.
DeafJapan TV Thank you so much for your answer :-) I'm already trilingual (German, English, Japanese) after having also learned Spanish, French and Russian ;-) I know by experience that learning two languages at once is close to impossible, so I think I will start with German Sign language! Thanks for helping me make this decision :-)
This funny look. All 3 different languages, yet our Finnish and swedish sign languages are different from yours. It would be nice to meet you all friends. :)
When I was younger I grew up believing that sign language was a universal language. Especially when I saw this movie called (one missed call 3). It had Korean and Japanese actors. For people that don't know what I'm talking about there is a Japanese girl who is a student that goes on as trip to South Korea and she meets up with her pen pal who is Korean and def and when they meet they speak using sign language. So because I didn't know any better I never bothered finding out that sign language was very diverse like every other language. So when I was just looking up languages and I stumbled into a part of a paragraph where it said "sign language is multilingual." When I read that it really blew my mind so I started looking up videos and ended up hear to see how different. I know it was only 3 countries, but wow this has really opened my eyes. Thank you for posting this video. You never stop learning.
+Miki Go88 (女恣) i thought it was universal as well until just now!! my mind is blown! i took a semester of ASL in high school and didn't get the hang of it but now i think ill look for a class and study it again :D
+Miki Go88 (女恣) That's great that you now know that Sign Language is multilingual. 3 years ago I found at that Braille was also multilingual. There's always something new that we can learn everyday. Thanks again for your comment.
+Crystal Gonzalez Yeah, if you have a chance to learn ASL again, that would be great!
There is nearly 300 SL around the world🌚😖
Your comments and curiosity are appreciated.
Haha, it's funny to see ASL and JSL users communicate with each other, so many similar Signs, but with completely different meanings.
For instance, the "Middle Finger" means brother in JSL...
So I would say that ASL and JSL are very different.
Many in Japan do learn ASL and International Sign.
Definitely, International signs are more used in Europe, than in Asia and fingerspelling is borrowed from ASL.
ASL is popular, similarly like English.
The JSL "friend" sign reminds me of when I was living in the UK where I discovered (rather awkwardly) that the two-fingered "peace" sign ✌ common to the United States is actually _quite_ a rude gesture indeed 😂
Sarah Riedel yes so true. It’s actually maybe related to the Ancient English longbow archers showing their ✌️to the French horsemen on the battlefield. It maybe a gesture to say “we’ll kill you with our arrows!” And then in America it became the middle finger some how.
@@DeafJapanTV ...no way, I've literally never heard that, that is so interesting. Learn something new every day lol.
Many signs in ASL and FinSL are identical or nearly identical, too but obviously with different meanings.
Some differences are silly, like ASL for "name" means "candy/sweets" in FinSL 😄
This was sooooo much fun to watch! I've never had so much fun watching people sign!
Thanks Lily!!!
DeafJapan TV By the way, FSL and ASL are similar because Thomas Galludet learned sign language directly from France and brought it back to America and it's just been changing and developing since the 18th century. #FunFact!
Lily Alcee yes I agree!!!!
this was super informative, but imo i dont know why i was shocked by the quietness of the video, and i took ASL in high school
😂
Matthew, thank you for your comment.
But we should embrace all different languages.
It is beautiful to see so many different Sign Languages and still be able to understand each other.
There would be a terrible loss of culture if every person in the world only spoke one language.
I find it so interesting to see the differences in the signs chosen, and it’s reminding me of my thoughts on BSL (British Sign Language) and how ASL is fairly easily used with one hand instead of both, whereas in BSL even the alphabet requires both hands! I’d definitely love to find out more about JSL and how the signs differ from what I know! And I am by no means an expert on any sign language! I’m just really interested in learning another language!
So cute and energetic! 😁 I'm taking ASL right now, but I also like to learn about sign languages outside of North America... This was fun to watch, thank you!
That's great that you are interested in ASL. Old French Sign Language (150 years ago) has had a big influence on ASL. So it's not so difficult to learn modern French Sign Language. Good luck with your studies and meeting with the Deaf community, in and outside of North America.
It is really beautiful to see so many intersections of cultures interacting. As a hearing person whose native language is English, I’m learning spoken Japanese currently. I am interested in ASL and started some basic lessons. The Deaf communities in every country have their own ways of doing things as well, and I’m happy there are interpreters and just multilingual people who create bridges of communication. It would be amazing if I had the opportunity to learn Japanese sign languages or French, etc. so much to to learn!
When the French signed "mother" I understood why everyone was so shocked LOL
Can you tell me why please ? Genuine question
@@jini5088 I might have an idea on what it might mean. I think the mother one is like that because the mother get beat up. (Sorry I cant write English properly. I havent been to school in ages)
@@beenie6375 oh seems legit thanks !
In ASL the french sign for mother means period.
Thank you! I used this video for my students in language structure in a linguistic class in Peru! I was so useful and I'm so glad that I can share the linguistic reality of mane users of sign language! Thanks again!
Glad that the video helped your students!!
I am a Teacher of the Deaf in the United States. It is so wonderful to see and learn from you. Thank you for posting this and enlightening us on diversity and deaf people around the world.🧚🤟🌻😊
So beautiful! Thank you for sharing this. It’s very interesting. I want to at least learn the basics of sign language at some point.
Anna Universe thank you and I hope you can start learning sign language!!
I loved 🥰 it! Thank you for sharing your languages and energy. 🤟
Interestingly "dumb/stupid" is identical in JSL and FinSL. Although in FinSL it's usually signed around the center of your forehead :)
Hi i use ASL and FSL(Filipino Sign Language) but i'm not good yet. Your videos really teaches me alot and inspires me to learn Sign Language more diligently. Continue your hard work! Domo arigatoguzaimasu!
Thanks for your nice comment! Continue with your hard work as well!!
This is so funny and cool! I just finished my first semester of American Sign Language and I'm so in love with it! Watching this was so great! Thank you for posting!
+kiki9627 Glad you enjoyed our video!
Glad you enjoyed it!!!
I love sign languages! I worked as an ASL interpreter for many years. I’m retired now. I love seeing the comparisons of the three languages. It’s very interesting to learn sign from different countries. Thank you for sharing with us!
Hah! Great experience for deaf culture to meet great people. Thumb up!
I'm currently learning ASL, i took japanese in highschool and now i kinda want to learn JSL! I love learning languages this is so cool seeing other singed languages !! Ilove it!!
Beautiful video. Good fun & educational
i’m 15, sign language looks SO COOL to learn and i would love to learn it, but my school doesn’t teach it and i don’t know anywhere near me that does 😔 maybe i’ll learn it someday but for now i’ll just marvel at how fascinating it is :)
There are ASL creators here on TH-cam that have videos showing everything from the alphabet to grammar rules, because it’s a completely different language than English is! So depending on what sign language you’re interested in, look at the videos and read the comments, it’s always good to see how the creators respond to what the people watching are thinking!
Oh wow this is such a beautiful video. I honestly can't help but cry. I do not know any form of sign language but I became curious because of an anime called Gangsta featured a deaf Japanese character so I immediately looked up the differences between Japanese and American sign language. Language is so beautiful especially when it is a foreign language but sign language is equally as beautiful. To know that you can use your hands to communicate is such an amazing thing! It has influenced me to learn for sure! What an amazing and beautiful video :)
+mijaumiaumiao Wow, thanks for your wonderful comment. That really means a lot to us that you felt so strongly from our video. We also love anime and now started focusing on translating Anime into Sign Language. We have about 10 Anime w/Signs videos now on TH-cam. Hope you can enjoy watching those videos as well. Thanks!
Haha I came here from Gangsta xD
Seriously the best video I've seen :) I mute the sound and just reading your signs guys I had so much FUN . You're much more entertaining than most of the hearing entertainers. Good job guys ! I love your vids ! :) (I'm french ^^)
+Kr Lamya Wow, awesome comment. Thanks for your nice words!
I loove how much fun they are having!!!!
Wow! What an awesome video!! The three languages are much more different than I was led to believe. As ASL and Japanese speaker, I've always wanted to learn JSL. Looks like it will be a challenge!
If you know Japanese, then you can pick up JSL very easily!
Very interesting to watch the comparison. Thank you for posting the video!
+Rose Collins Glad that you enjoyed our video.
I really enjoyed watching I'm learning ASL rn and japanese kana soon to learn JSL
Wonderful video! I love seeing the different signs in languages. I have learnt some basic ISL (Irish Sign Language) and want ot learn more, it seems a little similar to the French Sign Language which is great. I wish ISL was more widely known in Ireland. Sign language is beautiful! :)
VioletWillowTree thank you so much for your nice comment. Yes let's see more Ireland Sign Language!!
This is fun!!! I wish I could do this also all sign make look same match American Sign Lanuange. I want more time to learn. You are best Danny.
Great to share with Scouts!!
+Deaf Scouter Fantastic! Sign Language is so good for Scouts. Can use it for a lot of their outdoor activities and even underwater!
Lovely!!! A beautiful sign language! 😍😍
Enjoy watching your video! FUN! Learn new 3 languages! Thumb up!
Thanks IFBdeaf!
The JSL dude has a Naruto T-shirt, if you didn't notice. I just want to say, believe in yourself dattebayo!!!
i make me so laugh so hard good vlog, i love many different language :D Danny so cute !
Sorry, not all Sign Languages are mutual.
Signs like "Computer, Drink, Eat, Subway, Car, Walk" and many more are common visual cues, even non-deaf people around the world can understand.
People from different countries, who know Sign Language can communicate and understand each other quicker than people who don't know Sign Language.
To answer your question, there are International Signs, which are used for events like the Deaflympics. Easy to learn and good for basic communication.
私はアメリカ手話(父、母、月、夜の手話覚えれて分かるようになった)、日本手話(父母の他にも簡単な挨拶とか日常手話の簡単なら多めに実践実行済み)で知ってるけど、フランスの手話は見た事ない手話ほとんどで新鮮で楽しい😆
ça m’intéressant , c'est bien apprendre ! :)
This is so cool. Thank you!
You're very welcome!
This is so much fun. I use BSL but I recognise some ASL/FSL. Where I live now, I will have to learn FSL, so this is good to learn too. I wish to go back to Japan in the future (I visited in 2009 but struggled because I am severely deaf and even though I know basic Japanese, it was hard... I was in Osaka for 2 weeks on my own.) and hopefully maybe will meet some deaf people next time. Domo arigatou gozaimasu
It is LSF for French Sign Language :) FSL is Filipino Sign Language (which is strongly influenced by ASL)
+HatHolidayxx Thanks for that information. I'll make note to definitely remember that crucial difference, since I live in a francophone country now. :) (so I should already know this, but don't...)
It's okay. Have fun learning LSF and french! ;)
+HatHolidayxx I know French. it's the LSF I don't know and due to the peculiarities of where I live (3 national languages), there is no set teaching of sign language here for ANYONE. To learn, I have to go out of country, which isn't an option for me right now. *sighs* So I will have to wait...
+KM E check out www.veditz.org a new website for people to learn different sign languages from different countries.
I'm not deaf and I'm Spaniard, and the most visually intuitive for me was the French one... Cool stuff
Thanks, I want to learn Spanish Sign Language!
I love all of the differences, for the sign cooking it looks like each language is doing a part of a recipe, JSL is cutting the ingredients, ASL is cooking and flipping them in a pan and LSF is stirring the pot. I also like how the French sign for love is something powerful that comes from deep inside your chest and that you give to others (but it can also look like throwing up haha)
So true!
I thought the American was making a tortilla.
One of my favorite videos! It shows UNITY
الله 🤲.. ok..Good
I really love it lol😂❤❤
I love how the person in the red shirt wants to learn every sign. It's adorable.
I grew up with American Sign language in Texas. But it's kinda hard to remember the lyrics to the hymns, songs from Bear in the Big Blue House, Disney movies, Bible Songs and other songs in American Sign language.
Learning Japanese sign language, I can see there's a lot there that's cultural, that speaks about Japanese feelings about the words, or uses natural Japanese body language for the words.
Hi, i'm from Spain, i'm studing Spanish Sign Lenguage (LSE) and i love japanese culture! i looked for some videos in Japanese Sign Lenguage, and this is soooo interesting! I want to travel to Japan (someday, in the future) and i'll love if i'm able to contact japanese deaf people.
+Lucía Lehkost Yeah hope you can get a chance to visit Japan. It is such a safe and fun country. People are really friendly! Here is JSL with Japanese music: hand-sign.com/
I took two semesters of ASL in college nearly 20 yrs ago and never understood why a completely invented language had so many differences in other countries. I guess it still just the easiest answer. Distance and need. Great video. Question; if I notice a conversation going on in ASL and I watch without being noticed, not to read in on their conversation but to see if I still understand some of it, is that rude?
Thank you megglebagel. I actually started doing some research right after I made the comment. I did not realize how old the languages actually are, my own ignorance and their was no history of origin referred to when I took the classes.
Veronica Anne, great question!
It would be similar to over hearing a spoken language.
If two people wanted to have a private conversation in sign language, they could us subtle signs, kind of like whispering in spoken language.
Obviously, you don't want to be staring.
JSL is the cutest SL in this bunch, from canada and thats the version i wanna learn though i doubt ill use it at all or if there is english school that teaches it
oh hahah. it was fun alot of language sign different. I wish join you.
Just watching them make a "why the fuck do you guys sign it like that" expression.
1:57 French Lady realized that French INTERPRETER is the same sign as American COOK. The way she stirred very slowly 😂
I love how “cooking” in 3 languages are just 3 different way of how to cook something.
The Japanese is cutting (vegetables)
The American is Frying.
And French is stirring the soup.
The markedly different versions of "mother" and "father" were especially interesting for some reason - so much variation!
I have a question for SL speakers
Do you have any difficulty while watching the person you speak to from a different angle not from the front?
Very good question. Yes it can be challenging to see what a signer is saying from an angle. That’s why many Deaf people and people who can sign, like to face each other when using Sign Language. But it is still possible to understand a signer, even if you’re not facing each other.
Sorry, in this video, we didn't have anyone who knew British Sign Language.
But have British Sign Language in our video from 2 weeks ago.
have you done any videos with British Sign Langauge =) ?
If only we made Sign language universal so many possibilities
If that happened, we would lose the beauty of the many different sign languages around the world.
Imagine, if we made 1 Spoken language universal, I think many people around the world would not want to loose their language.
Came here after watching Koe no Katachi
ひろと same 👍
ひろと same 😂
ひろと Same, just finished it earlier XD
ひろと check out the drama orange days
Same
I love learning sign language.
Angelica Ordonez that is fantastic!
well done. 😀
Looks that JSL be more quiet in use same the asian people be different to us western people. ASL and FSL looks near but they show different languages. Thanks for show the difference of that all. I can hear, so I never must learn it. But as handicapped since born I be interesting in that a little.
+OldLordSpeedy Thanks for your nice message. Yes ASL and FSL do share a lot of similar signs. Glad you can enjoy this video.
+OldLordSpeedy ASL actually has its roots in FSL (not British, crazy right?) that's why they have a lot of similarities
0:51 sorry
1:13 fine
1:25 marriage
i like how much easier it is for them to interpret each others sign language than it is for us to understand the vocal variants
I real love those funny people, and one lady is very best funniest when she jump front of the camera
Cindy Puente thank you for enjoying our video. That funny lady is Kaorin
Oh Kaorin
And I real enjoy your video!😅😂
Do you mean to suggest that these different sign languages are mutually intelligible?
I understand your point, but there are so few deaf people that I feel that this small community should all be able to communicate with each other worldwide--i.e., using a secondary lingua franca in addition to native/local sign languages, similar to the function of English.
I just came here for the silent voice.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaah i wish i could learn all those languages too!
Im learning Libras (brazilian sign language) at my college and asl /jsl by youtube too 💚
Kíssila Gomes thanks for watching my TH-cam video. I’m glad you could see all the different signs.
BSL has the same signs for
Thank you (ASL and FSL)
Sorry (ASL)
Delicious (JSL
Some others I can guess
i need to learn some JSL to do a song sign? any idea how?
+yingmujielun Here is a Japanese Boy Band that uses Japanese Sign Language in all of their songs: hand-sign.com/
I know asl and Japanese and the syntax is much closer compared to english and Japanese.
Mindy Myers yes that’s is an accurate statement
wow I learn new different culture sign language.
bravoooo!!! soy sorda soy de chile. i am deaf ! ;)
Thank you
Yo aprende de los hechos que me da igual si 👍 me da un poco más y me dice a bueno ❤️
Hello my name is Deborah and I live in Brazil, in fact I am deaf each of pounds I still learning, I'm interested and communicate can others were in the country. Thank you 😊
WooooW happy you
Thank you for the presentation! Where was this? At Gallaudet University?
A. Moore it was at the DeafJapan office in Osaka. But now it’s been closed.
Al The INTP because I moved to the U.S.
So do signers of ASL and JSL communicate with each other by each using their own languages, or do they both defer to International Sign? I've read that International Sign isn't as conventionalised or complex as natural sign languages like ASL and JSL and that it has a limited lexicon. I've also read that ASL is widely learned as a second language and used as a lingua franca, though I'm not sure how true that is.
Thank you for responding to all my comments, by the way. :D
This is so awesome and fascinating. But it's a shame that everyone uses different sign languages and that there isn't a universal lingua franca that everyone can understand.
can u teach me how to sign dango daikazoku in JSL?
Libras is similar to LSF 😍
Does JSL = Spoken Japanese. I mean ASL is not English. They are very different. So I'm curious if JSL incorporates all aspects of spoken Japanese such as the vocab, structure and grammar including the use of particles?
JSL has it's own syntax and structure. Signed Exact Japanese is more like spoken Japanese. (When I first came to Japan, I couldn't understand any Signed Exact Japanese signers. But when I met JSL signers, I could understand them a lot more easily.)
But for over 40 years, Japanese teachers have only be teaching Signed Exact Japanese.
The Japan Federation of the Deaf and is trying to encourage more teachings of JSL.
DeafJapan TV Thanks for such a quick reply! I hope they are successful in their attempt to get JSL used more in educating deaf children instead of only using Signed Exact Japanese.
Is there a sign language that only uses single hand symbols. I don't want movement. I just want the hand to form a word sort of;)
Jason Hunter you can always learn a sign language alphabet. Most sign languages have their own alphabet. Except that British Sign Language (Used in UK, South Africa, India, Australia and New Zealand) has a 2 handed alphabet signing system.
@@DeafJapanTV ok, but no sign language that forms a word with only the shape you make with your hand?;) That would be cool. To be able to just make shapes with one of your hand to make sentences. That would also easily be interpreted by machine vision. You also would need less space to perform and you didn't have to use all kinds of weird facial expressions;)
THUMBS UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+Timothy Coblentz Thanks!!!!!!!
thumb up!
Thanks!
Interesting, missed the LIBRAS ( Brazilian sign language )
Is it weird that I recognized french more than american, even though Ive lived in the US for most of my life and have never set foot on french soil?
Celeste Rug that's pretty cool. Some people have a easier time connecting with some languages. I hope you can check out some more French Sign Language.
Would you recommend learning your country's sign language to communicate with natives or ASL since more people speak ASL (and you can find more TH-cam videos on it)?
I would recommend learning your country's sign language, because eventually, you'll be able to go to Deaf clubs or Deaf schools and interact with people in your country who know you're country's sign language. There is also benefit to learning ASL because it is so wide spread around the world and there are more resources, but why not learn both and become Trilingual or more. Also I think once you start to pick up you're country's sign language, you'll begin to see how the Sign Language makes sense and is connected to the culture. When I learned JSL, it was really easy to see how some Japanese Signs looked like the Japanese Kanji or how it matched Japanese culture. It's a really cool way to see a country's perspective through Sign Language.
DeafJapan TV Thank you so much for your answer :-) I'm already trilingual (German, English, Japanese) after having also learned Spanish, French and Russian ;-)
I know by experience that learning two languages at once is close to impossible, so I think I will start with German Sign language! Thanks for helping me make this decision :-)
tarananajaika that is Great, I hope you enjoy learning German Sign Language!!
1:08 father mother
They're so cute
Los quiero mucho!
Oh wow sign language is a different world is l know is l born Nigeria Africa asl sign language
Wow that is cool. I have a good friend, his parents are from Nigeria!
@@DeafJapanTV oh nice
This funny look. All 3 different languages, yet our Finnish and swedish sign languages are different from yours. It would be nice to meet you all friends. :)
U can learn malaysian???
Молодец!!!
I’m an ASL signer and I feel so childish for giggling at the LSF sign for “mother.” (Here it means “menstrual period”😂)
hello
good night
name is tabita deaf from indonesian 🙏😅
Yes. i'm understand
LOL!!!! SO FUNNY HAHAH!! but JSL is a bit hard OMG
A cute Japanese deaf show "LOVE" XD and funny American Asian hahah