# Japanese Sign Language (JSL)

> Its own family, unrelated to the French or British lines.

- Region: Japan
- Alphabet: mixed
- Signs taught: 6
- Lessons: 9
- Graded movement: none — handshape only
- Course page: https://signlingo.khe.money/dictionary/jsl

## What this course covers

A starter course: counting to five and the flat hand many JSL signs build on.

## About the language

JSL fingerspelling traces kana in the air, and the language uses mouth shapes as grammar rather than decoration.

## Signs

### 1

Index finger straight up.

### 2

Index and middle fingers up.

### 3

Index, middle and ring fingers up.

### 4

All four fingers up, thumb tucked across the palm.

### 5

Open hand, all five fingers spread.

### flat hand — hirate

All five fingers straight and pressed together, palm forward.

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