Georgian Sign Language ( ka, ქართული ჟესტური ენა) is the national

sign language Sign languages (also known as signed languages) are languages that use the visual-manual modality to convey meaning, instead of spoken words. Sign languages are expressed through manual articulation in combination with non-manual markers. Sign ...

of the deaf in the country of

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

. Fingerspelling originally used an alphabet based on the

Russian manual alphabet The Russian Manual Alphabet (RMA) is used for fingerspelling in Russian Sign Language. Like many other manual alphabets, the Russian Manual Alphabet bears similarities to the French Manual Alphabet. However, it was adapted to account for the lette ...

. However, in 2012 a new ''

Mkhedruli The Georgian scripts are the three writing systems used to write the Georgian language: Asomtavruli, Nuskhuri and Mkhedruli. Although the systems differ in appearance, their letters share the same names and alphabetical order and are written hor ...

''-based manual alphabet was developed with the support of the Union of the Deaf of Georgia.Tamar Makharoblidze, 2013
The Georgian Dactyl Alphabet
''Disability Studies Quarterly'', 33:3

References

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