"abc's" ASL American Sign Language

American Sign Language: "abcs" or "the alphabet." This page discusses how to express the concept of "the ABC's" and/or how you would sign the concept of "alphabet." If instead you would like to learn the fingerspelled ABC's please visit the fingerspelling page ► To express the concept of the "ABC's," you spell the individual letters A, B, and C, and then you add the FINGERSPELL sign. ABC's: You can also express the concept of "the ABC's" by spelling A-B-C and then signing "through"-(indexing a horizontal list) and then "Z." If you need to be even "more" clear, you could sign: ABC through Z and then use your index fingers to indicate that you are talking about the letters as a "set." Copyright Lifeprint.com. The Gallaudet font is copyright (c) 1991 by David Rakowski. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission. For a much higher resolution of the above file, visit "wallpaper 2." Want to help support ASL University? It's easy: DONATE (Thanks!) (You don't need a PayPal account. Just look for the credit card logos and click continue.) Another way to help is to buy something from the ASLU "Bookstore." Want even more ASL resources? Visit the "ASL Training Center!" (Subscription Extension of ASLU) CHECK IT OUT > Bandwidth slow? Check out "ASLUniversity.com" (a free mirror of Lifeprint.com less traffic, fast access) VISIT > You can learn sign language online at American Sign Language (ASL) University (tm) Sign language lessons and resources. Dr. William Vicars (c) Lifeprint.com

American Sign Language: "abcs" or "the alphabet."

This page discusses how to express the concept of "the ABC's" and/or how you would sign the concept of "alphabet."
If instead you would like to learn the fingerspelled ABC's please visit the fingerspelling page ►

To express the concept of the "ABC's," you spell the individual letters A, B, and C, and then you add the FINGERSPELL sign.

ABC's:

You can also express the concept of "the ABC's" by spelling A-B-C and then signing "through"-(indexing a horizontal list) and then "Z."

If you need to be even "more" clear, you could sign:
ABC through Z and then use your index fingers to indicate that you are talking about the letters as a "set."

Copyright Lifeprint.com. The Gallaudet font is copyright (c) 1991 by David Rakowski. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission.
For a much higher resolution of the above file, visit "wallpaper 2."

Want to help support ASL University? It's easy: DONATE (Thanks!)
(You don't need a PayPal account. Just look for the credit card logos and click continue.)

Another way to help is to buy something from the ASLU "Bookstore."

Want even more ASL resources? Visit the "ASL Training Center!" (Subscription Extension of ASLU) CHECK IT OUT >

Bandwidth slow? Check out "ASLUniversity.com" (a free mirror of Lifeprint.com less traffic, fast access) VISIT >

You can learn sign language online at American Sign Language (ASL) University (tm)
Sign language lessons and resources. Dr. William Vicars (c) Lifeprint.com