page_title: Chilean Sign Language
section_title: Fingerspelling
hierarchical_section_title: Chilean Sign Language / Fingerspelling
caption_attribution_description: alfabeto manual de chile
context_page_description: Chilean Sign Language, or Lengua de Señas Chilena, is the sign language of Chile's seven deaf institutions. It is used by people all over Chile and is the primary language used by the deaf community, being used for television interpretations. There is variation within the language depending on factors such as geographical location, age, and educational background.
context_section_description: The manual alphabet of LSCh includes the 27 Spanish alphabet letters, and, as in many sign languages, is used to spell names and words that do not have standard signs. Fingerspelling is defined as a visual form that reflects the graphemes that make up words, providing a means by which to gain access to the segmental information of words. It has been integrated into the deaf community for a variety reasons which include "when a concept lacks a specific sign, for proper nouns, for loan signs, or when signs are ambiguous."
caption: The Chilean fingerspelling alphabet (view from listener)
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