gorge (throat) We can write the hand shapes horizontally for the mouth, this helps distinguishing between chin and cheekbone position when the symbols are small. Note that when using cued speech the hand remains almost vertical, aligned with the arm to avoid articulation injuries. Choice of Hand Shapes We used close fists symbols because they already exist in the symbol bank. Circle hand shapes are also valid but only 2 are in the symbol bank. From the receptive point of view, they look the same in cued speech. The symbol 3 for s r is created according to symbol creation rules. One existing – SignWriting symbol has spread fingers which is not the case for French cued speech. We use and as a simplification of the existing SignWriting symbols: Finger keys to code consonants SignWriting French consonants Cued Language Parlé Complété LPC handshapes Speech (French Cued Speech) Code p d j (/ʒ/) 1 – – pied, dos, joue, genou k v 2 – –z cou, ventre, zèbre s r (and English r) 3 – sang, rein, reggae b n - / 4 – ɥ/ bras, nez, cuir m t- f 5 – and each vowel not preceded by a consonant main, tête, front l - ch gn /w/ 6 – –
gorge (throat) We can write the hand shapes horizontally for the mouth, this helps distinguishing between chin and cheekbone position when the symbols are small. Note that when using cued speech the hand remains almost vertical, aligned with the arm to avoid articulation injuries. Choice of Hand Shapes We used close fists symbols because they already exist in the symbol bank. Circle hand shapes are also valid but only 2 are in the symbol bank. From the receptive point of view, they look the same in cued speech. The symbol 3 for s – r is created according to symbol creation rules. One existing SignWriting symbol has spread fingers which is not the case for French cued speech. We use and as a simplification of the existing SignWriting symbols: Finger keys to code consonants Language Parlé Complété LPC (French Cued Speech) SignWriting handshapes French consonants Cued Speech Code p – d – j (/ʒ/) pied, dos, joue, genou 1 k – v –z cou, ventre, zèbre 2 s – r (and English r) sang, rein, reggae 3 b – n - / ɥ/ bras, nez, cuir 4 m – t- f and each vowel not preceded by a consonant main, tête, front 5 l - ch – gn – /w/ 6