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HamNoSys Handshapes

This document provides a chart summarizing handshape notations in HamNoSys, a notation system for sign languages. The chart shows different configurations for selected fingers, including extended, flattened, bent, and hooked positions. It also covers thumb opposition positions relative to the fingertips and thumb joints. Examples are given to demonstrate how the notations are constructed and derived.

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HamNoSys Handshapes

This document provides a chart summarizing handshape notations in HamNoSys, a notation system for sign languages. The chart shows different configurations for selected fingers, including extended, flattened, bent, and hooked positions. It also covers thumb opposition positions relative to the fingertips and thumb joints. Examples are given to demonstrate how the notations are constructed and derived.

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HamNoSys 4 Handshapes Chart

Please note that this chart aims at demonstrating how HamNoSys handshape notations are constructed, by no means is this chart an exhaustive list of HamNoSys handshape notations.
Selection Selected Fingers Extended Selected Fingers Flattened Selected Fingers Bent Selected Fingers Hooked Derivation Examples
Fist

One
Finger

cf.

cf.

Two
Fingers
nonspread

cf.

cf.

Two
Fingers
spread

Flathand
(Four
Fingers
nonspread)

cf.

cf.

Four
Fingers
spread
11
Thumb
Opposition
Fingertip-Thumbtip Opposition w/ fingers rounded Fingertip-Thumbtip Opposition w/ fingers flattened
Fingertip-
Thumbtip
Opposition
w/ fingers
straight
Fingertip-
Thumbtip
Opposition
w/
hitchhiker's
fingers
Fingertip-
Thumb's
Interphalan-
geal Joint
Opposition
Fingertip-
Thumb's
Metacarpo-
phalangeal
Joint
Opposition
Derivation Examples
One Finger,
others in fist
position

cf.
SYS
Two Fingers
(nonspread),
others in fist
position


cf.

Two Fingers
(spread),
others in fist
position
cf. cf. cf.
Four
Fingers
(nonspread)


cf.

Four
Fingers
(spread)
cf. cf. cf.
One Finger,
others
extended
(spread)

cf.
11
Thomas Hanke, 2010-06-10, Drawings by Heiko Zienert, Olga Jeziorski, Andreas Han

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