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COUNTRIES: The American Sign Language (ASL) sign for "countries"
 

This page contains the signs for various countries in alphabetical order.

 

COUNTRY-[flat-hand-version]-[continent]-[rural]

 

 

COUNTRY-[Y-hand-version]-[sometimes used for "county"]

 

 


 

COUNTRIES:

 

A:

 

AFGHANISTAN-video coming soon.

 

AFRICA

 

 

AFRICA (beautiful / reclaimed version):

 

ALBANIA-video coming soon.

 

ALGERIA-video coming soon.

 

ANDORRA-video coming soon.

 

ANGOLA-video coming soon.

 

ANTIGUA-[A / flat hand-version]:

 

ARGENTINA:

 

ARGENTINA-[two-handed-version]:

 

ARMENIA-video coming soon.

 

ASIA

 

 

AUSTRALIA-[8-5-hands-version] 

 


AUSTRALIA-[legacy-version]-[ANTHROPOLOGY]-[CUBA]

 

 

AUSTRIA-[bent-V-hands-version]

 

 

AUSTRIA-[index-finger-version]:

 

AZERBAIJAN-video coming soon.

 


 

B:

 

BAHAMAS-video coming soon.

 

BAHRAIN-video coming soon.

 

BANGLADESH:

 

BARBADOS:

 

BELARUS:

 

BELGIUM-video coming soon.

 

BELIZE-video coming soon.

 

BENIN-video coming soon.

 

BHUTAN-video coming soon.

 

BOLIVIA-video coming soon.

 

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA-video coming soon.

 

BOTSWANA-video coming soon.

 

BRAZIL:

 

BRUNEI-video coming soon.

 

BULGARIA-video coming soon.

 

BURKINA FASO-video coming soon.

 

BURUNDI-video coming soon.

 


 

C:

 

Côte d'Ivoire-video coming soon.

 

CABO VERDE-video coming soon.

 

CAMBODIA-video coming soon.

 

CAMEROON-video coming soon.

 

CANADA

 

 

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-video coming soon.

 

CHAD-video coming soon.

 

CHILE:

 

CHINA:

 

 

CHINA-[legacy-version-not-recommended-in-ASL]

 

 

COLOMBIA-video coming soon.

 

COMOROS-video coming soon.

 

CONGO (CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE)-video coming soon.

 

COSTA RICA-video coming soon.

 

CROATIA-video coming soon.

 

CUBA-[fingerspelled-version]

 

CUBA-[flat-hand-forehead-version-recommended]-[also-means-ANTHROPOLOGY]

 

 

CUBA-[C-hand-beard-version]


CUBA-[C-hand-forehead-version]

 


 

CUBA-[F-hand-cigar-version]

 

 

CUBA-[cigar-O-version]

 

CUBA [CUBAN] [fire-fighter version]

 

CUBA [baby-C-version]

 

CYPHRUS-video coming soon.

 

CZECH REPUBLIC-video coming soon.

 


 

D:

 

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO-video coming soon.

 

DENMARK-[3-hand-near-chest-version]

 

 

DJIBOUTI-video coming soon.

 

DOMINICA-video coming soon.

 

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-[RD-version]

 

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-[DR-version]

 


 

E:

 

ECUADOR-video coming soon.

 

EGYPT-[X-hand-forehead-version]

 

 

EGYPT-[version]

 

EL SALVADOR

 

ENGLAND / (English)

 

 

ENGLAND [English] [indigenous version]

 

England-[indigenous-version]

 

EQUATORIAL GUINEA-video coming soon.

 

ERITREA-video coming soon.

 

ESTONIA-video coming soon.

 

ESWATINI (formerly SWAZILAND)-video coming soon.

 

ETHIOPIA-video coming soon.

 

EUROPE:

 

 

EUROPE [palm forward version] [indigenous]

 


 

F:

 

FIJI-video coming soon.

 

FINLAND-[X-fingertip-tap-chin-version]

 

 

FRANCE

 

 

FRANCE-[outward-twist-version]

 


 

G:

 

GABON-video coming soon.

 

GAMBIA-video coming soon.

 

GEORGIA (country)-video coming soon.

 

GERMANY-GERMAN-[5-hands-version]

 

 

GERMANY / GERMAN / UNICORN-[INDEX-finger-version-indigenous]

 

 

GERMANY [efficient version / index finger]

 

GHANA-video coming soon.

 

GREECE-[G-slides-off-nose-version]

 

 

GREECE-[INDEX-fingers-version-indigenous]

 

 

GRENADA-video coming soon.

 

GUATEMALA-[city]

 

GUATEMALA-[back-of-hand-version]-[city]

 

GUINEA-video coming soon.

 

GUINEA-BISSAU-video coming soon.

 

GUYANA-video coming soon.

 


 

H:

 

HAITI-video coming soon.

 

HOLLAND-[hat-version]-[the-country-of-Holland]

 

 

HOLLAND-[Dutch-people]-[Dutch-language]

 

 

HOLY SEE-video coming soon.

 

HONDURAS-[Houston]

 

HONG-KONG-[O-5-face-version]

 

 

HONG KONG-[fingerspelled-version]

 

HUNGARY-video coming soon.

 


 

I:

 

ICELAND-video coming soon.

 

INDIA-[A-hand-version]

 

 

INDIA-[INDEX-finger-version]

 

 

INDIA-[I-hand-version]

 

INDONESIA

 

IRAN-[A-hand-on-palm-version]

 

 

IRAQ-[Q-hand-on-palm-version]

 

 

IRELAND/ [also used for "Idaho, U.S."] (circular movement then down)

 

 

IRELAND-[forehead-version]-[recommended-version]

 

ISRAEL-[initialized-version]

 

 

ISRAEL-[index-finger-from-cheek-version]

 

ISRAEL-[palm-back-v-pulled-across-chin]

 

ISRAEL-[initialized-palm-back-chin-version]

 

ITALY-[based-on-country-shape]

 

 

ITALY-[legacy-version]

 


 

J:

 

JAMAICA-video coming soon.

 

JAPAN-[based-on-country-shape]

 

 

JEW-JEWISH-[version-of-ISRAEL]

 

 

JORDAN-video coming soon.

 


 

K:

 

KAZAKHSTAN-video coming soon.

 

KENYA-[version-1-modified-T-double-backward-movement]

 

KENYA-[version-2-both-shoulders-version]

 

KENYA-[version-3/modified-T-double-forward-movement]

 

KENYA-[version-4-modified-T-twisted-movement]

 

KIRIBATI-video coming soon.

 

KOREA

 

 

KUWAIT-video coming soon.

 

KYRGYZSTAN-video coming soon.

 


 

L:

 

LAOS-video coming soon.

 

LATVIA-video coming soon.

 

LEBANON-video coming soon.

 

LESOTHO-video coming soon.

 

LIBERIA-video coming soon.

 

LIBYA-video coming soon.

 

LIECHTENSTEIN-video coming soon.

 

LITHUANIA-video coming soon.

 

LUXEMBOURG-video coming soon.

 


 

M:

 

MADAGASCAR-video coming soon.

 

MALAYSIA

 

MALAWI-video coming soon.

 

MALDIVES-video coming soon.

 

MALI-video coming soon.

 

MALTA-video coming soon.

 

MARSHALL ISLANDS-video coming soon.

 

MAURITANIA-video coming soon.

 

MAURITIUS-video coming soon.

 

MEXICO-[V-hand-version]

 

 

MICRONESIA-video coming soon.

 

MOLDOVA-video coming soon.

 

MONACO-video coming soon.

 

MONGOLIA

 

MONTENEGRO-video coming soon.

 

MOROCCO-video coming soon.

 

MOZAMBIQUE-video coming soon.

 

MYANMAR-video coming soon.

 


 

N:

 

NAMIBIA-video coming soon.

 

NAURU-video coming soon.

 

NEPAL-video coming soon.

 

NETHERLANDS-[Holland-version]

 

NEW ZEALAND

 

NICARAGUA-video coming soon.

 

NIGER-video coming soon.

 

NIGERIA-video coming soon.

 

NORTH-AMERICA


 

 

NORTH AMERICA-[depictive-version]

 

NORTH KOREA-video coming soon.

 

NORTH MACEDONIA-video coming soon.

 

NORWAY-[sideways-Z-in-air-version]

 

 


 

O:

 

OMAN-video coming soon.

 


 

P:

 

PAKISTAN-video coming soon.

 

PALAU-video coming soon.

 

PALESTINE STATE-video coming soon.

 

PANAMA

 

PERU-video coming soon.

 

PHILIPPINES-[circle-down-P-on-back-of-fist-version]

 

 

POLAND:

 

 

POLAND-[indigenous-version]

 

 

PORTUGAL-video coming soon.

 

PUERTO-RICO-[PR-on-back-of-fist-version]

 

 


 

Q:

 

QATAR-video coming soon.

 


 

R:

 

ROMANIA-video coming soon.

 

RUSSIA

 

 

RUSSIA-[old-version]-[not-recommended]

 

RWANDA-video coming soon.

 


 

S:

 

SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS-video coming soon.

 

SAINT LUCIA-video coming soon.

 

SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES-video coming soon.

 

SAMOAN

 

SAN MARINO-video coming soon.

 

SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE-video coming soon.

 

SAUDI-[Arabia]

 

SAUDI ARABIA [version]

 

SCOTLAND-[bagpipes-version]

 

 

SCOTLAND-[plaid-version]

 

 

SENEGAL-video coming soon.

 

SERBIA-video coming soon.

 

SEYCHELLES-video coming soon.

 

SIERRA LEONE-video coming soon.

 

SINGAPORE-video coming soon.

 

SLOVAKIA-video coming soon.

 

SLOVENIA-video coming soon.

 

SOLOMON ISLANDS-video coming soon.

 

SOMALIA-video coming soon.

 

SOUTH AFRICA

 

SOUTH-AMERICA


 

 

SOUTH AMERICA-[depictive version]

 

SOUTH KOREA-video coming soon.

 

SOUTH SUDAN-video coming soon.

 

SPAIN-[X-on-heart-version]

 

 

SPANISH-[Spanish-language]-[MEXICO-version]-[SPAIN-version]

 

 

SPAIN [flattened O version]

 

SRI LANKA-video coming soon.

 

SUDAN-video coming soon.

 

SURINAME-video coming soon.

 

SWEDEN-[squid-on-back-of-hand-version]

 

 

SWITZERLAND-[cross-on-chest-version]

 

 

SYRIA

 


 

T:

 

TAIWAN

 

 

TAJIKISTAN-video coming soon.

 

TANZANIA-video coming soon.

 

THAILAND

 

TIMOR-LESTE-video coming soon.

 

TOGO-video coming soon.

 

TONGAN-[legacy-version]

 

TONGAN-[advanced/casual-version]

 

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO-video coming soon.

 

TUNISIA-video coming soon.

 

TURKEY

 

TURKMENISTAN-video coming soon.

 

TUVALU-video coming soon.

 


 

U:

 

UGANDA-video coming soon.

 

UKRAINE

 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES-video coming soon.

 

UNITED KINGDOM / fs-U-K / UK

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / USA

 

URUGUAY-video coming soon.

 

UZBEKISTAN-video coming soon.

 


 

V:

 

VANUATU-video coming soon.

 

VENEZUELA

 

VIETNAM-[indigenous-sign]-[mustache-version]

 

VIETNAM-[legacy-version]-[VN-at-eye]

 

 

VIETNAM-north [North Vietnam, Vietnam]

 

VIETNAM-south [South Vietnam, Vietnam]

 


 

Y:

 

YEMEN-video coming soon.

 

YUGOSLAVIA [ASL-version]

 

 

YUGOSLAVIA [international-version]

 

 


 

Z:

 

ZAMBIA-video coming soon.

 

ZIMBABWE-video coming soon.

 



Notes: 
See: CONTINENT

See: EARTH




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