I'm Adding Some Additional Resources For LSF I Found

Rest

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

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The sign for Rest in American Sign Language. Both hands in open B handshape with palms facing signer are crossed over the signers chest. Hands rest on the chest below the opposite shoulder. Sign is illustrated by arms that are translucent purple and pink. Background is white.

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Plane

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

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Plane in American Sign Language. Hand in the ILY handshape with index and pinky fingers bent forward. Hand bounces forward slightly.

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hi! do you make these icons yourself?

also i was wondering if it would be okay to use them, with credit to you?

I do! I use Scetch (an app no longer in the app store (I've had the same phone for 6 and a half years)). First, I look at various sources (typically SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined), then decide how I'm going to depict the sign.

It depends. I don't want people to use them like a learning tool because ASL is a 4 dimensional language and I use a 2 dimensional space. What would you want to use them for?

I had a question about your commissions- is it $5 per word on the finger spellings or $5 overall? I presumed the former but wasn’t sure

I'll say up to 20 characters

Transgender

Sources: Lifeprint, ASLDeafined, them

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The sign for Transgender in American Sign Language. Hand in 5 handshape with thumb against the chest twist and closes in O handshape. Motion is similar to the sign for Beautiful. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent blue and pink in different stages of the sign.

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LGBT

Sources: them

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The signs for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Trans in American Sign Language

Lesbian: Index finger of L handshape taps chin. Face outline, lips, and hand have the colors of the lesbian flag (three shades of orange, one of white, and two shades of pink) as a gradient.

Gay: G handshape touches chin. Face, lips and hand are in pride colors (black, brown, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple) in a gradient.

Bisexual: Blue B and pink I handshapes overlapping slightly with purple in the overlap.

Trans: Hand in 5 handshape with thumb against the chest twist and closes in O handshape. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent blue and pink in different stages of the sign.

Background is white

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Germany

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

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Germany in American Sign Language. Hands stacked in 5 handshape with palms facing opposite sides. Fingers wiggle.

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Music

Shaheem Sanchez, a Deaf dancer and instructor talking about music and dancing

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

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Music in American Sign Language. Hand in open B handshape sweeps back and forth over non-dominant arm. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent green, blue, purple, and pink in different stages of the sign.

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Error

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

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The sign for Error in American Sign Language. Knuckles of Y handshape with palm facing signer rest on the chin. The hand, face outline, and :/ emotion represent the face are green with a glow effect. Background is black.

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Outsiders are not not saving a language by learning it.

While I’m personally grateful services like Tribalingual exist, creating some academic access to Indigenous languages, particularly for Indigenous diaspora (if they can afford it), I’m extremely dubious of the notion that a outsiders learning an Indigenous language is somehow “saving” it. There was a testimonial from some white American girl learning Ainu itak, and she spoke of it as if she were collecting some rare Pokemon card before it went out of print or something, framing it in typical dying Native rhetoric. What is she going to do with Ainu itak, except as some obscure lingual trophy?

If you want to save a language, save the people.

Language means nothing without history and culture breathing life into it, and in turn we are disconnected from our history and ancestors without it. Support Indigenous quality of life, ACCESS to quality education, quality health services (mental and physical), land and subsistence rights, CLEAN DRINKING WATER, advocate against police brutality and state violence, DEMAND ACTION FOR MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN.

Damn, if you really want to “save the language” pay for an Indigenous person’s classes for them to reconnect to their mother tongues. I’m not saying outsiders shouldn’t learn languages they’re invited to learn, but don’t pretend like you learning conversational Ainu itak is saving it from extinction.