I recently dipped my fingers (heh) into the world of Korean Sign Language and learned a few phrases and vocabulary words! This is my video about it (that got cut off a bit at the beginning, sorry), and here's a rough transcript:
"안녕하십니까? 제 이름은 정안성입니다. 만나서 반갑습니다. Did you understand? No? That's okay. I was signing using Korean Sign Language (KSL), not ASL. If you study ASL, you know that every country's sign language is different, right? Well, some of my friends who have never studied sign language before tell me, 'Really? I'm surprised! I thought that all sign languages were the same.' I tell them, 'Yes, that's a common misconception.' But if an American Deaf person and a Korean Deaf person were to meet, how could they communicate? They can't! So you know that England and the US both speak English, but BSL and ASL are different right? In the same way, KSL and ASL are different. In ASL, city names often use initial letter handshapes, like New York (using the "Y" handshape) or Berkeley (using the "B" handshape). But in KSL, city names can't use English letters! But they can use Chinese characters, or Chinese writing. For example, Korea's capital city is named Seoul. The Korean sign name is [...] Why? Let me show you. This is the Chinese character for "capital". Or there's another city in the south called Gwangju. Its Chinese character looks like [...], so in KSL, it's signed as [...]. Anyway, I learned just a little bit of KSL, but in the future, I want to learn more. Thanks!"
Notes:
- I was actually making the KSL sign for "Seoul" incorrectly -- it does not involve downward movement, but only contacts the chin.
- Because of historical Chinese influence, almost every Korean city's name can be written using characters (called "hanja" in Korean), but they are read as Korean.
- Thanks to my friend Sonia for recording this with me in a busy underground shopping mall in Seoul! Where should I record next? :)
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