Gestuno

Proper noun

Meaning

Gestuno

An international Sign, also known as IS or International Sign, in a way like the Esperanto of the sign-language world.

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A book published by the commission in the early 1970s, Gestuno: International Sign Language of the Deaf, contains a vocabulary list of about 1500 signs. Source: Internet

However, when Gestuno was first used, at the WFD congress in Bulgaria in 1976, it was incomprehensible to deaf participants. Source: Internet

Naming While the more commonly used term is International Sign, it is sometimes referred to as Gestuno, Rubino, F., Hayhurst, A., and Guejlman, J. (1975). Source: Internet

Previously referred to as Gestuno Rubino, F., Hayhurst, A., and Guejlman, J., Gestuno: International sign language of the deaf. Source: Internet

The first training course in Gestuno was conducted in Copenhagen in 1977 to prepare interpreters for the 5th World Conference on Deafness. Source: Internet

The name Gestuno has fallen out of use, and the phrase "International Sign" is now more commonly used in English to identify this sign variety. Source: Internet

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