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Korean manual alphabet

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The Korean manual alphabet is used by the Deaf in South Korea who speak Korean Sign Language. It is a one-handed alphabet that mimics the shapes of the letters in hangul, and is used when signing Korean as well as being integrated into KSL.

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Consonants

The only letter with motion as a component is ssang siot (), which starts as two crossed fingers pointing down and then snaps open.

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Vowels

Note that the difference in orientation between eo, yeo and the diphthongs based on them, e, ye is not significant.

References

Korean manual alphabet Wikipedia