Finger keys to code SignWriting Consonants Hand Shape consonants handshapes Code American and British English Cued Speech p 1 d zh (/ʒ/) k 2 v z tH (/ð/) h 3 r s b 4 n American: wh (/ʍ/) m 5 t f and each vowel not preceded by a consonant l 6 w sh (/ʃ/) g 7 j (/dʒ/) th (/Ɵ/) y (/j/) 8 ng (/ŋ/) ch (/tʃ/) British ur (fur) ee (eat) e (egg) i (it) Syllables ah (far) aw (more) ue (blue) oo (book) uh (the) u (up) o (not) a (cap) p d zh (/ʒ/) k
Finger keys to code consonants American and British English Cued Speech SignWriting handshapes Consonants Hand Shape Code p d zh (/ʒ/) 1 k v z tH (/ð/) 2 h r s 3 b n American: wh (/ʍ/) 4 m t f and each vowel not preceded by a consonant 5 l w sh (/ʃ/) 6 g j (/dʒ/) th (/Ɵ/) 7 y (/j/) ng (/ŋ/) ch (/tʃ/) 8 British Syllables ur (fur) ah (far) uh (the) ee (eat) aw (more) u (up) e (egg) ue (blue) o (not) i (it) oo (book) a (cap) p d zh (/ʒ/) k